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MARS SERVICE COMPANY INC

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Company CheckMARS SERVICE COMPANY INC · DOT 543685

23710 SHELBY ROAD, SHELBY, IN, 46377

DOT# 543685 MC# 269616 Shelby, Indiana 32 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

3 events tracked · latest Jul 11, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 2

Mar 9, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
Apr 9, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address23710 SHELBY ROAD, SHELBY, IN, 46377

Mailing AddressPO BOX 160, ATWOOD, IN, 46502-0160

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC269616

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating32 years

Company Overview

MARS SERVICE COMPANY INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Shelby, Indiana. The company has been in operation for 32 years, registered with the FMCSA on 11/30/1993. The fleet consists of 3 power units and 3 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 235,471 miles (2023). With zero crashes across 4 inspections, MARS SERVICE COMPANY INC maintains an excellent safety record. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through GEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common, Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, MARS SERVICE COMPANY INC has a Trust Score of 95/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Property)

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 6.5 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage235,471 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS50.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review06/17/2010

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/04/2026

CompanyGEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #9300070514

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers3

Mileage235,471 mi

Operating32 years

MCS-15005/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total2

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total2

Out of Service1

OOS Rate50.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 06/17/2010 | Rated: 07/07/2010

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2025

1 · 1 OOS -

2026

1 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Mar 2026, 2 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (50% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

6 roadside violations across 2 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 4 violations · 2 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (2)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
03/09/2026	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHESTERTON IN	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
04/09/2025	TN	Full (Level I)	ARDMORE TN	3	2	0	0	0	2	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections2

Vehicle Maintenance 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 3280907	$1,000,000	09/17/2014	09/17/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MARYLAND CASUALTY CO.	SPA 02909663	$1,000,000	05/02/2008	02/13/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MARYLAND CASUALTY CO.	SPA 02909663	$1,000,000	05/02/2008	02/14/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PRA 9473395	$0	04/04/2011	05/06/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PRA 9473395	$1,000,000	04/04/2011	05/06/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PRA 9473395	$1,000,000	04/04/2010	05/06/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PRA 9473395	$1,000,000	04/04/2010	04/04/2011	Replaced
34	CARGO	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PRA 9473395	$0	04/04/2010	04/04/2011	Replaced
34	CARGO	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PRA 9473395	$0	04/04/2010	05/06/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	MARYLAND CASUALTY CO.	SPA 02909663	$750,000	04/04/2008	05/02/2008	Replaced
34	CARGO	MARYLAND CASUALTY CO.	SPA 02909663	$0	04/04/2008	02/14/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	MARYLAND CASUALTY CO.	SPA 02909663	$0	04/04/2008	02/13/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP67287A	$1,000,000	04/04/1996	04/04/2008	Replaced
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP67287A	$0	04/04/1996	04/04/2008	Replaced
34	CARGO	TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY	7MTC-227T589-A-95	$0	04/04/1995	05/18/1996	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY	7LHT-238T749-3-95	$1,000,000	04/04/1995	05/18/1996	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS & MERC. REASS. CO.	TR 3382A	$1,000,000	04/04/1994	01/23/1995	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP09376A	$1,000,000	03/21/2014	09/17/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 2123077	$1,000,000	03/21/2013	03/21/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MARYLAND CASUALTY CO.	SPA 02909663	$1,000,000	02/13/2009	04/04/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	MARYLAND CASUALTY CO.	SPA 02909663	$0	02/13/2009	04/04/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS & MERC. REASS. CO.	TR3382A	$0	01/24/1995	04/04/1995	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS & MERC. REASS. CO.	TR3382A	$1,000,000	01/23/1995	04/04/1995	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC269616	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/18/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/31/2006
MC269616	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/18/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/31/2006
MC269616	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/19/1996	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/21/1996
MC269616	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/19/1996	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/21/1996
MC269616	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	04/15/1994	REVOKED	05/16/2011
MC269616	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	04/09/2013	-	-
MC269616	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	04/09/2013	-	-
MC269616	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/09/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/05/2008
MC269616	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/09/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/05/2008
MC269616	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/08/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/08/2010
MC269616	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/08/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/08/2010
MC269616	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/07/1995	REVOKED	05/16/2011
MC269616	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/20/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/22/2009
MC269616	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/20/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/22/2009

No revocation records.

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95/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 50% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 50% vs national avg 20.72%.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

MARS SERVICE COMPANY INC

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Company Overview

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SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (2)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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