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Company CheckKRAUS & SONS TRANSPORT INC · DOT 868350

3222 MARBILL FARM ROAD, MONTGOMERY, IL, 60538

DOT# 868350 MC# 381328 Montgomery, Illinois 26 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 Sep 9, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Sep 9, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Aug 8, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
May 2, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Apr 30, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Apr 11, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address3222 MARBILL FARM ROAD, MONTGOMERY, IL, 60538

Mailing Address3222 MARBILL FARM ROAD, MONTGOMERY, IL, 60538

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;U. S. MAIL

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC381328

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating26 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HireUS Mail

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 3.85 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 1.59 · 7 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 5.76 · 13 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage490,508 miles

Mileage Year2024

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 OOS3.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS33.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review11/01/2013

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective03/25/2023

CompanyMIDWEST FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CPIL0560134658

Last checked09/12/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet7 units

Drivers7

Mileage490,508 mi

Operating26 years

MCS-15008/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total33

Out of Service1

OOS Rate3.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total15

Out of Service5

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 11/01/2013 | Rated: 04/25/2019

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

2024

16 · 5 OOS -

2025

15 · 1 OOS ▼

2026

7 · 2 OOS ▲

Crashes

2024

0 crashes -

2025

0 crashes =

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, 31 inspections, 6 resulted in out-of-service (19.4% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 5 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

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
04/30/2026	MONTGOMERY	IL	0	0	1	2	Rain	Wet	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

55 roadside violations across 31 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 32 violations · 5 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 17 violations · 2 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 (38)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
09/09/2026	OR	Walk-Around (Level II)	WOODBURN OR	7	1	2	1	5	0	-	▲Detail
08/08/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	5	1	4	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/02/2026	WA	Full (Level I)	GRANDVIEW WA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/11/2026	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	BOZEMAN MT	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/03/2026	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	POULSBO WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/20/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	JEFFERSON SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/10/2026	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	BILLINGS MT	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
12/09/2025	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	PACIFIC WA	3	0	2	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/30/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	16 - I380 SB MM 53 BRANDON	8	0	3	0	5	0	-	▲Detail
09/28/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	TILFORD SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/10/2025	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	LAKEWOOD WA	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/14/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	STOUGHTON WI	1	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
07/06/2025	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	TILFORD SD	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/02/2025	OR	Walk-Around (Level II)	HUBBARD OR	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/23/2025	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	VANCOUVER WA	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/22/2025	ID	Walk-Around (Level II)	POST FALLS ID	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/16/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	TILFORD SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/16/2025	SD	Full (Level I)	TILFORD SD	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/28/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	15 - I380 NB MM 51 BRANDON	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/02/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	BROADUS MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/26/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/06/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	BUTTE MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/16/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WORTHINGTON MN	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/10/2024	MI	Full (Level I)	FOWLERVILLE SCALE W/B	5	2	0	0	5	2	-	▲Detail
12/04/2024	ID	Full (Level I)	POST FALLS ID	2	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
11/30/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	15 - I380 NB MM 51 BRANDON	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/17/2024	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	BROADUS MT	1	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
10/06/2024	OR	Driver-Only (Level III)	WYETH OR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/06/2024	OR	Driver-Only (Level III)	WYETH OR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/04/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-80	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/21/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/18/2024	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	BROADUS MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/19/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	15 - I380 NB MM 51 BRANDON	5	1	1	0	4	1	-	▲Detail
06/16/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	TILFORD SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/06/2024	OR	Driver-Only (Level III)	WYETH WB - 10 MI E CASCADE LCK	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/29/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WORTHINGTON	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/01/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	060 - MOLINE - I-74/280 E/B	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/31/2024	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	DU PONT WA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections30

Unsafe Driving 4 viols

HOS Compliance 7 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 13 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	OOIDA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.	PL19951114	$1,000,000	08/23/2000	05/18/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	OOIDA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.	PL19951114	$1,000,000	05/18/2004	04/18/2005	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OOIDA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.	PL19951114	$1,000,000	04/28/2000	08/23/2000	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	OOIDA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.	PL19951114	$1,000,000	04/18/2005	03/31/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OOIDA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.	PL19951114	$1,000,000	03/31/2009	02/10/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OOIDA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.	PL19951114	$1,000,000	03/30/2016	03/25/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OOIDA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.	PL19951114	$1,000,000	03/30/2016	04/28/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WB211650	$1,000,000	03/25/2017	03/25/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 2946734	$1,000,000	03/25/2016	03/25/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OOIDA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.	PL19951114	$1,000,000	03/05/2013	03/25/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OOIDA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.	PL19951114	$1,000,000	03/05/2013	03/30/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	OOIDA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.	PL19951114	$1,000,000	02/10/2010	03/05/2013	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC381328	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	05/05/2000	-	-

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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.

KRAUS & SONS TRANSPORT INC

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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

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (38)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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