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COBRA CARTAGE INC

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Company CheckCOBRA CARTAGE INC · DOT 622842

201 STATE ST, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL, 60411

DOT# 622842 MC# 296984 Chicago Heights, Illinois 30 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Oct 28, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 1

Aug 28, 2026
Mailing address changed in FMCSA records.

Safety & compliance 3

Jul 30, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
May 5, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jan 2, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address201 STATE ST, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL, 60411

Mailing AddressPO BOX 517, CRETE, IL, 60417

Other Companies at This Address

Address201 STATE ST, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL 60411

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
COBRA CARTAGE INC this company	622842	Sign in	Active
CONTRACTORS RECYCLING SERVICE INC	1223170	Sign in	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC296984

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating30 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

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 .37 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

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 .75 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage224,867 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/07/2026

CompanyACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CA-Z21499

Last checked10/28/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet9 units

Drivers7

Mileage224,867 mi

Operating30 years

MCS-15008/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total2

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

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

2 · 0 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 Jul 2026, 3 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

4 roadside violations across 3 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

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 1 violation · 0 OOS

Other (General) 1 violation · 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 (3)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	HazMat
07/30/2026	IL	Full (Level I)	I-80	3	-	▲Detail
05/05/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	CROWN POINT IN	1	-	▲Detail
01/02/2025	MS	Walk-Around (Level II)	OSYKA INSPECTION STATION	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections3

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	MGA INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.	MPP011531	$750,000	12/22/1995	03/25/1996	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	MGA INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.	MPP011531	$750,000	12/22/1995	03/25/1996	Replaced
34	CARGO	GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK	IMP 9866846	$0	12/20/1995	02/19/1998	Replaced
34	CARGO	OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	CT00008370	$0	10/21/2003	05/23/2004	Cancelled
34	CARGO	FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.	MXI97905638-CGO	$0	10/08/2002	07/24/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	BAP 526142400	$1,000,000	10/08/2002	05/23/2003	Replaced
91	BIPD	WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	0110075128	$0	10/08/1998	01/27/2002	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	9VR12	$1,000,000	07/14/1998	10/08/1998	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	9VR12	$1,000,000	07/14/1998	11/13/1998	Cancelled
34	CARGO	WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	0110075128	$0	05/29/2001	05/29/2001	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	0110075128	$1,000,000	05/29/2001	10/08/2002	Replaced
34	CARGO	WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	0110075128	$0	05/29/2001	10/08/2002	Replaced
34	CARGO	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN428414	$0	05/23/2004	06/24/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN428414	$1,000,000	05/23/2004	05/23/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	CT00008370	$1,000,000	05/23/2003	05/23/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	9VR12	$1,000,000	04/18/1998	07/14/1998	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	9VR12	$0	04/18/1998	07/14/1998	Cancelled
91	BIPD	WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	011 007 51 28	$0	03/25/1997	04/18/1998	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MGA INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.	MPP 011578	$750,000	03/25/1996	03/25/1997	Cancelled
34	CARGO	WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	0110075128	$0	03/08/1999	01/27/2002	Name Changed
34	CARGO	LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	3AT 642 161	$0	02/19/1998	04/05/1999	Cancelled
34	CARGO	LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	3AT 642 161	$0	02/19/1998	04/18/1998	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC296984	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/17/1999	REVOKED	10/09/2003
MC296984	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/22/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/05/2005
MC296984	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	11/05/2003	-	-
MC296984	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/26/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/26/2004
MC296984	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/05/1996	REVOKED	06/22/1999

No revocation records.

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98/100

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 98

Starts at 100−2 totalFinal 98

No email address on file−2

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

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-2

No email address on file

No public email address on record.

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.

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Mileage

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Safety Summary

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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 (3)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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