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Company CheckSONNEBORN BROS INC · DOT 78541

25416 RTE 111, HETTICK, IL, 62649

DOT# 78541 MC# 230689 Hettick, Illinois 35 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Sep 11, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 1

Jul 19, 2026
Phone number changed.

Safety & compliance 4

Jul 16, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jun 17, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 7, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Mar 2, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

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 Address25416 RTE 111, HETTICK, IL, 62649

Mailing AddressPO BOX 71, HETTICK, IL, 62649

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC230689

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating35 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 4.52 · 6 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .03 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 4.4 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage819,740 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.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS33.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review09/14/2001

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 08/12/2026

CompanyNORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #WN354241

Last checked09/11/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet17 units

Drivers17

Mileage819,740 mi

Operating35 years

MCS-15006/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total15

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total6

Out of Service2

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 09/14/2001 | Rated: 09/20/2001

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

2 · 1 OOS -

2024

7 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

9 · 1 OOS ▲

2026

5 · 1 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, 16 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (12.5% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

21 roadside violations across 16 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 12 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 7 violations · 2 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 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 (23)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/16/2026	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-55	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/17/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	022 - PITTSFIELD - US36 & US54	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/07/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	WAVERLY RD	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/02/2026	IL	Full (Level I)	031 - MARYVILLE - I-55/70 S/B	2	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
01/15/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I55	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/23/2025	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/08/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	WARREN IN	3	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/17/2025	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	NEW DOUGLAS RD	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/25/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 2/ COLD CREEK RD	2	0	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/05/2025	IL	Full (Level I)	IL-111	4	1	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
02/14/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-72	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/10/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	185	3	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/07/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	033 - WILLIAMSVILLE - I-55 S/B	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/04/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 218 SALEM	3	0	3	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/27/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	031 - MARYVILLE - I-55/70 S/B	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/23/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-70	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/06/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-255	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/25/2024	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	IL 255 N/B	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/22/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	RT 111	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/31/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	242 - INTERSTATE 55	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/18/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-72 E/B	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/28/2023	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	IL-267	5	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
09/13/2023	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	032 - LITCHFIELD - I-55 N/B	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections17

Unsafe Driving 6 viols

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 4 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	53-967312-00	$750,000	08/01/2022	08/01/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	CL670316	$5,000,000	08/01/2004	03/10/2006	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	CL670316	$5,000,000	08/01/2004	03/23/2006	Cancelled
34	CARGO	EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	CL670316	$0	08/01/2004	03/23/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Excess	GENERAL STAR INDEMNITY COMPANY	IXG390251	$4,000,000	08/01/2003	09/03/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TF405083	$1,000,000	08/01/2003	08/01/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	CL670048	$1,000,000	08/01/2003	08/01/2003	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TF482019	$750,000	03/10/2006	08/01/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TF482019	$750,000	03/10/2006	09/01/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	T-115506	$1,000,000	03/01/1991	08/01/2003	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC230689	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	12/17/1990	-	-
MC230689	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/24/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/10/2006

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 33.3333% 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 33.3333% 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.

SONNEBORN BROS INC

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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 (23)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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