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TIMOTHY A MELVIN

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Company CheckTIMOTHY A MELVIN · DOT 980670

DBA: FRANK RUSSELL AND SON TRUCKING

1436 GARRETTS PRAIRIE ROAD, WEST FRANKFORT, IL, 62896

DOT# 980670 MC# 13845 West Frankfort, Illinois 40 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

1 events tracked · latest Apr 2, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 1

Apr 2, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1436 GARRETTS PRAIRIE ROAD, WEST FRANKFORT, IL, 62896

Mailing Address1436 GARRETTS PRAIRIE ROAD, WEST FRANKFORT, IL, 62896

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC013845

CommonActive

ContractInactive

BrokerNot Active

Operating40 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 30 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 1 · 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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage45,000 miles

Mileage Year2022

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective08/04/2025

CompanyARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY

Policy #CA860867443

Last checked09/25/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage45,000 mi

Operating40 years

MCS-15001/2026

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 -

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 Apr 2026, 1 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

2 roadside violations across 1 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

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 1 violation · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 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 (2)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
04/02/2026	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	POSEYVILLE IN	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/21/2023	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I 64 EB	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections1

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN218462	$1,000,000	10/04/1996	06/04/1997	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Y 028138	$1,000,000	09/07/1993	06/04/1996	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP56818A	$1,000,000	08/10/2008	08/04/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP02258A	$1,000,000	08/10/2001	06/14/2006	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP02258A	$0	08/10/2001	06/14/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP02258A	$1,000,000	06/14/2006	08/10/2008	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP02258A	$0	06/14/2006	08/01/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	4283873500	$1,000,000	06/04/2001	08/10/2001	Replaced
34	CARGO	AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	01460407838735	$0	06/04/2001	08/10/2001	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN230224	$1,000,000	06/04/1997	10/28/1997	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN218462	$1,000,000	06/04/1996	10/04/1996	Cancelled
34	CARGO	THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	IMC702172	$0	01/01/1986	06/04/2001	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC013845	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	11/18/1985	TRANSFERRED	-
MC013845	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	11/18/1985	TRANSFERRED	-
MC013845	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	10/21/2008	-	-
MC013845	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	06/27/2001	REVOKED	08/11/2008
MC013845	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	06/27/2001	REVOKED	08/18/2008
MC013845	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/18/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/23/2006
MC013845	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/18/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/23/2006
MC013845	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/21/1986	REVOKED	01/16/1998
MC013845	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	WITHDRAWN	02/13/1978	-	-
MC013845	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/06/1986	REVOKED	01/16/1998
MC013845	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	02/06/1986	REVOKED	01/16/1998

No revocation records.

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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

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

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.

TIMOTHY A MELVIN

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Drivers

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Quick Facts

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (2)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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