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Company CheckFRIENDS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE LLC · DOT 2899036

6010 CRESTON AVE UNIT 26, DES MOINES, IA, 50321-1257

DOT# 2899036 MC# 975723 Des Moines, Iowa 9 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

3 events tracked · latest Oct 6, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 3

Oct 6, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Aug 18, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jul 22, 2024
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

Phone(347) 419-5650

Email[email protected]

Physical Address6010 CRESTON AVE UNIT 26, DES MOINES, IA, 50321-1257

Mailing Address6010 CRESTON AVE UNIT 26, DES MOINES, IA, 50321-1257

Other Companies at This Address

Address6010 CRESTON AVE UNIT 26, DES MOINES, IA 50321-1257

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Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
FRIENDS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE LLC this company	2899036	(347) 419-5650	Active
STATE WAY EXPRESS LLC	2633340	(515) 525-1020	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

DocketMC975723

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating9 years

Company Overview

FRIENDS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Des Moines, Iowa. The company has been in operation for 9 years, registered with the FMCSA on 06/09/2016. The fleet consists of 1 power unit and 1 driver. Annual mileage is reported at 60,000 miles (2024). With zero crashes across 5 inspections, FRIENDS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE LLC maintains an excellent safety record. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, FRIENDS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE LLC 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 14.66 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage60,000 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.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS50.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective04/06/2026

CompanyOCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.

Policy #GAT0002178

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage60,000 mi

Operating9 years

MCS-15007/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total3

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total2

Out of Service1

OOS Rate50.0%

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

2023

1 · 0 OOS -

2024

1 · 0 OOS =

2025

2 · 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 Oct 2025, 3 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (33.3% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

16 roadside violations across 3 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 15 violations · 1 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 (4)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
10/06/2025	FL	Full (Level I)	JASPER FL	15	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
08/18/2025	TX	Driver-Only (Level III)	5304 US83 EB	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2024	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	MANCHESTER TN	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/21/2023	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	IA 17 SB 58 MM	2	0	2	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections3

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	BA0735127	$750,000	08/06/2023	08/06/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN292141	$750,000	08/06/2021	06/06/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN244694	$750,000	08/06/2018	05/07/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 3849526	$750,000	07/11/2016	08/06/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 3849526	$750,000	07/11/2016	09/06/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN328084	$750,000	06/06/2023	08/06/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN328084	$750,000	06/06/2023	08/15/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN292141	$750,000	05/07/2021	08/06/2021	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC975723	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	07/20/2016	-	-
MC975723	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/12/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/13/2021
MC975723	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/10/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/07/2023
MC975723	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/12/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/19/2021

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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 50% 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 50% 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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SMS BASIC Scores

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 (4)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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