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DON MCKNIGHT TRUCKING INC

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Company CheckDON MCKNIGHT TRUCKING INC · DOT 991454

419 E SHERMAN ST, STURGIS, SD, 57785

DOT# 991454 MC# 623829 Sturgis, South Dakota 18 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Jul 23, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Jul 2, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Apr 27, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Dec 28, 2025
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
Dec 27, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
May 25, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

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 Address419 E SHERMAN ST, STURGIS, SD, 57785

Mailing Address419 E SHERMAN ST, STURGIS, SD, 57785

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC623829

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating18 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 .29 · 2 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 7 · 7 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage619,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

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 RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS33.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/01/2026

CompanyGREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.

Policy #MCP27297A

Last checked07/23/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet6 units

Drivers8

Mileage619,000 mi

Operating18 years

MCS-15005/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total18

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total9

Out of Service3

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total1

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

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

10 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

10 · 1 OOS ▼

2026

2 · 2 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

0 crashes =

2025

1 crash ▲

2026

0 crashes ▼

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, 18 inspections, 4 resulted in out-of-service (22.2% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 4 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
05/25/2025	Winslow	AZ	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

19 roadside violations across 18 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 12 violations · 4 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 3 violations · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 OOS

Hazardous Materials 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 (26)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/02/2026	MO	Full (Level I)	WILLOW SPRINGS MO	2	2	1	1	1	1	-	▲Detail
04/27/2026	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	HAUGAN MT	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
12/28/2025	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	LIBERTY LAKE WA	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
12/27/2025	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	BROADUS MT	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
07/25/2025	WY	Driver-Only (Level III)	I 25 POE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/30/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON UNNAMED STREET, 140 FEET WE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/20/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	BROADUS MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/08/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	HAVRE MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/30/2025	WY	Full (Level I)	GUERNSEY REST AREA	3	0	2	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/26/2025	AZ	Full (Level I)	AMADO AZ	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/07/2025	KS	Driver-Only (Level III)	REPUBLIC COUNTY - 157	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/29/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	DELL RAPIDS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/27/2024	ID	Walk-Around (Level II)	HAUSER ID	3	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
10/02/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	NASHWAUK MN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/20/2024	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	CUT BANK MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/21/2024	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	BROADUS MT	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/12/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	INMAN SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/26/2024	MT	Full (Level I)	HAUGAN MT	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/02/2024	WY	Walk-Around (Level II)	PULL OUT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/29/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-80 WB AND HIGHWAY 1	4	3	0	0	4	3	-	▲Detail
02/22/2024	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	ELLIS COUNTY - 051	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/05/2024	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	BRIDGER MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/02/2023	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US83 AT CR BB	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/03/2023	SD	Full (Level I)	ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/20/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	DONNER PASS CVEF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/19/2023	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	BUTTE SCALE	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections18

HOS Compliance 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 7 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 3401030	$750,000	12/09/2014	12/07/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP50518A	$1,000,000	10/29/2007	08/17/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP50518A	$1,000,000	09/17/2009	12/04/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP50518A	$1,000,000	08/17/2009	09/17/2009	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC623829	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/19/2014	-	-
MC623829	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	11/07/2007	REVOKED	12/14/2009

No revocation records.

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92/100

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 92

Starts at 100−8 totalFinal 92

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

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

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 7/1/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

-3

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 6 vehicles (~0.17 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 6 vehicles (~0.17 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

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.

DON MCKNIGHT TRUCKING INC

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Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (26)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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