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Company CheckESSENTIAL FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC · DOT 723597

201 E TWINSBURG RD, NORTHFIELD CENTER, OH, 44067

DOT# 723597 MC# 331642 Northfield Center, Ohio 28 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

5 events tracked · latest Aug 10, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

May 4, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Apr 14, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 2, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Mar 6, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no 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 Address201 E TWINSBURG RD, NORTHFIELD CENTER, OH, 44067

Mailing Address201 E TWINSBURG RD, NORTHFIELD CENTER, OH, 44067

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC331642

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating28 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 1.32 · 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 2.64 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,759,285 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS18.8% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerYes

Last Review03/03/2015

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/28/2026

CompanyGREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.

Policy #GRT18429A

Last checked08/10/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet10 units

Drivers10

Mileage1,759,285 mi

Operating28 years

MCS-15004/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total27

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total16

Out of Service3

OOS Rate18.8%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 03/03/2015 | Rated: 03/11/2015

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

2023

4 · 0 OOS -

2024

11 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

14 · 1 OOS ▼

2026

5 · 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 May 2026, 23 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (13% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

11 roadside violations across 23 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 9 violations · 3 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 (34)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/04/2026	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	CANTON OH	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/14/2026	MD	Full (Level I)	FROSTBURG MD	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/02/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	MT. AIRY WEIGH STATION N	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/06/2026	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	ALLEGANY NY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/04/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	FROSTBURG MD	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/02/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	IRVING NY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/04/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	BATH NY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/22/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	BATH NY	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/07/2025	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	CONNEAUT OH	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/16/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	IRVING NY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/02/2025	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	CARDINGTON OH	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/29/2025	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	RICHFIELD OH	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/01/2025	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	RIPLEY OH	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/11/2025	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	ALLEGANY NY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/18/2025	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	RICHFIELD OH	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/04/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	BATH NY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/05/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	CAMPBELL NY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/23/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	VICTOR NY	3	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
01/22/2025	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	HAMBURG NY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/04/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	IRVING NY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/11/2024	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	CANTON OH	2	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
09/26/2024	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 68 SB	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/18/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	DUNKIRK NY	1	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
07/30/2024	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/30/2024	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2024	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	DIX	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/25/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	SILVER CREEK (EXIT 58)	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/06/2024	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/18/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	BATH (WB)	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/08/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	EDEN (EXIT 57A)	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
09/11/2023	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	I 86 WB ALLEGANY REST AREA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/21/2023	NY	Full (Level I)	MILO 1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/02/2023	WV	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROCKPORT	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/27/2023	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	GROVELAND (SB)	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections26

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 5 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91	BIPD	THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.	EBA 018 80 33	$0	04/01/2016	04/01/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT DIVIDE INSURANCE COMPANY	8002390	$1,000,000	04/01/2015	04/01/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	CPA4246160 (BM)	$750,000	04/01/2012	04/01/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	CPA4246160 (BM)	$1,000,000	04/01/2012	04/01/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	CT751422-1108-081	$1,000,000	04/01/2008	04/01/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	CT751422-1108-081	$750,000	04/01/2008	04/01/2008	Replaced
34	CARGO	FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.	MXI-97903549	$0	03/10/2002	03/10/2003	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CAT0010015-00	$1,000,000	02/10/2002	04/01/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	STAR INSURANCE COMPANY	CP0107498	$1,000,000	02/10/2000	02/10/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STAR INSURANCE COMPANY	CP0107498	$1,000,000	02/10/2000	02/10/2000	Replaced
34	CARGO	STAR INSURANCE COMPANY	CP0107498	$0	02/10/2000	02/01/2001	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	STRATFORD INSURANCE COMPANY	TAP0702508	$1,000,000	02/10/1999	04/02/1999	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	FIRE & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. OF CONNECTICUT	TPD207643CSIG	$1,000,000	02/10/1999	02/10/2000	Replaced
34	CARGO	FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.	MXI 80373938	$0	02/10/1999	02/10/2000	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	STRATFORD INSURANCE COMPANY	TAP0702508	$1,000,000	02/10/1999	02/10/1999	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	DIAMOND STATE INSURANCE COMPANY	DS1055	$1,000,000	02/10/1998	02/10/1999	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	DIAMOND STATE INSURANCE COMPANY	DS1509	$1,000,000	02/10/1998	02/10/1998	Replaced
34	CARGO	FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHIO	MXI 97903549	$0	02/01/2001	03/10/2002	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC331642	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/29/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/08/2021
MC331642	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/05/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/01/2015
MC331642	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	02/23/1998	-	-

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100/100

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

100, no deductions

Clean record, the bar stays full at 100.

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

Clean record, no deductions. This carrier starts and stays at 100.

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.

ESSENTIAL FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC

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Company Information

Contact Details

Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

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 (34)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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