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Company CheckVERN'S TRANSPORT INC · DOT 1057118

2540 S UNDERWOOD ST, KENNEWICK, WA, 99337

DOT# 1057118 MC# 441254 Kennewick, Washington 23 years

MOTOR CARRIER

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

2 events tracked · latest Apr 16, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 2

Apr 16, 2025
REVOKED MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER.
Dec 31, 2024
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

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

Contact Details

Phone(509) 586-6277

Fax(509) 586-6277

Email[email protected]

Physical Address2540 S UNDERWOOD ST, KENNEWICK, WA, 99337

Mailing Address2540 S UNDERWOOD ST, KENNEWICK, WA, 99337

Other Companies at This Address

Address2540 S UNDERWOOD ST, KENNEWICK, WA 99337

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
A & J TRANSPORT BROKERAGE LLC	2246268	(509) 586-6277	Active
A & J TRANSPORTATION BROKERAGE LLC	4488543	(509) 539-9218	Active
VERN'S TRANSPORT INC this company	1057118	(509) 586-6277	Active
TURNKEY TRANSPORT INC	1279235	(509) 539-9218	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 OperationC - Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

DocketMC441254

CommonInactive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating23 years

Company Overview

VERN'S TRANSPORT INC is a FMCSA-validated motor carrier based in Kennewick, Washington. The company has been in operation for 23 years, registered with the FMCSA on 09/26/2002. The fleet consists of 1 power unit and 1 driver. Annual mileage is reported at 17,640 miles (2024). With zero crashes across 2 inspections, VERN'S TRANSPORT INC maintains an excellent safety record. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, VERN'S TRANSPORT INC has a Trust Score of 95/100 (Excellent).

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 15 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage17,640 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)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS100.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective12/27/2022

CompanyNORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #WN220031

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage17,640 mi

Operating23 years

MCS-15009/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total1

Out of Service1

OOS Rate100.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

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

1 · 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 Dec 2024, 1 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (100% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

3 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

Vehicle Maintenance 3 violations · 1 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 (1)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
12/31/2024	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHENEY WA	3	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections1

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
34	CARGO	RED SHIELD INSURANCE COMPANY	MTC 001112	$0	12/31/2001	12/27/2002	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 8367706	$1,000,000	12/27/2011	04/23/2012	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN440198	$0	12/27/2004	09/27/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN440198	$1,000,000	12/27/2004	12/27/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN440198	$1,000,000	12/27/2004	01/25/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CASCADE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CC46500603	$750,000	12/27/2003	12/27/2004	Replaced
34	CARGO	RED SHIELD INSURANCE COMPANY	MTC 001822	$0	12/27/2003	12/27/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN279081	$1,000,000	12/27/2002	12/27/2003	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN279081	$0	12/27/2002	12/27/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CASCADE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CC46500478	$750,000	09/18/2002	12/27/2002	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CASCADE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CC46500478	$750,000	09/18/2002	02/05/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 8367706	$1,000,000	04/23/2012	12/27/2022	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC441254	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	09/30/2002	REVOKED	04/16/2025
MC441254	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/07/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/16/2004

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

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 100% 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 100% 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) knockout	−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.

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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 (1)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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