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BISON TRANSPORT INC

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Company CheckBISON TRANSPORT INC · DOT 833995

1250 ROUTE 240 HIGHWAY, COMMODORE, PA, 15729

DOT# 833995 MC# 365152 Commodore, Pennsylvania 27 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

7 events tracked · latest Oct 31, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 6

Sep 18, 2026
Roadside inspection, 4 violations (no OOS).
Jul 20, 2026
Roadside inspection, 21 violations (no OOS).
Jul 20, 2026
Crash reported, 1 fatality.
Apr 14, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Aug 13, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Nov 13, 2024
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

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 Address1250 ROUTE 240 HIGHWAY, COMMODORE, PA, 15729

Mailing Address1250 ROUTE 240 HIGHWAY, COMMODORE, PA, 15729

Other Companies at This Address

Address1250 ROUTE 240 HIGHWAY, COMMODORE, PA 15729

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
BISON TRANSPORT INC this company	833995	Sign in	Active
CODY TRANSPORT LLC	1599462	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

DocketMC365152

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating27 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 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 6.9 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage525,117 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)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review03/10/2015

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/04/2026

CompanyGREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.

Policy #GRT55275A

Last checked10/31/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet5 units

Drivers5

Mileage525,117 mi

Operating27 years

MCS-15007/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total3

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total3

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 03/10/2015 | Rated: 10/14/2009

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

1 · 0 OOS -

2024

6 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

0 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

3 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

0 crashes =

2025

1 crash ▲

2026

1 crash =

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 Sep 2026, 4 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 6 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (2)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
07/20/2026	WAYNE TOWNSHIP	PA	1	2	1	3	Clear	Dry	Dawn
08/13/2025	HOWE	IN	0	1	1	4	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

47 roadside violations across 4 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 41 violations · 12 OOS

Unsafe Driving 6 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 (10)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
09/18/2026	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	YOUNG TWP PA	4	0	0	0	4	0	-	▲Detail
07/20/2026	PA	Full (Level I)	DERRY TOWNSHIP PA	21	0	0	0	21	6	-	▲Detail
04/14/2026	PA	Full (Level I)	HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP PA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/13/2024	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SR66 HEMPFIELD TWP - MAIN TOL	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/30/2024	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-88 E	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/25/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-83	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/12/2024	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON SR22 531 FEET WEST OF CROFT	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/29/2024	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	OLIVE HILL	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/24/2024	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	US422 EAST BYPASS & US422 EAST	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/25/2023	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	PA66 TPKE N	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections5

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
34	CARGO	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN357457	$0	08/16/2002	01/16/2005	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN357457	$1,000,000	08/16/2002	01/16/2005	Replaced
34	CARGO	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN277760	$0	08/16/1999	08/16/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN277760	$1,000,000	08/16/1999	08/16/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP18520A	$1,000,000	08/07/2015	05/05/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA07766001	$1,000,000	08/07/2014	03/02/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA07766001	$1,000,000	03/02/2015	08/07/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA07581801	$1,000,000	02/07/2014	08/07/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA05438404	$1,000,000	02/07/2013	02/07/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA05438403	$1,000,000	02/07/2012	02/07/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA05438402	$1,000,000	02/07/2011	02/07/2012	Replaced
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA05438402	$0	02/07/2011	04/29/2011	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA05438401	$0	01/16/2011	02/13/2011	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA05438401	$0	01/16/2011	02/07/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA05438401	$1,000,000	01/16/2011	02/13/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA05438401	$1,000,000	01/16/2011	02/07/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN521828	$1,000,000	01/16/2007	01/16/2011	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN521828	$0	01/16/2007	01/16/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP26873A	$1,000,000	01/16/2005	01/16/2007	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP26873A	$0	01/16/2005	01/16/2007	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC365152	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/20/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/18/2011
MC365152	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/20/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/18/2011
MC365152	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/20/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/16/2007
MC365152	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/20/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/16/2007
MC365152	PROPERTY BROKER	DISMISSED	11/24/1999	-	-
MC365152	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/26/1999	-	-
MC365152	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	08/26/1999	-	-
MC365152	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/03/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/05/2015
MC365152	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/03/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/05/2015
MC365152	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/18/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/07/2011
MC365152	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/18/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/07/2011

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97/100

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 97

Starts at 100−3 totalFinal 97

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−3

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

-3

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 5 vehicles (~0.2 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−3 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 5 vehicles (~0.2 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

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.

BISON TRANSPORT INC

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (2)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (10)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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