Carrier profile · USDOT 2795405 · MC-933023 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Optimus Prime Transportation Inc

55 power unitsavg 3.7 yrNational · 35 statesWHEELING, IL94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-933023 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

55Power units

52 observed · MCS-150

57Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

3.7Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 1

Multiple injury crashes3 crashes involving injuries are on record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 11 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2015.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 174 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo18.6%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

55 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

3.7 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

11 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2015 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

54 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

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14 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Jan 20, 2026.

Safety

126 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 18.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 59 vehicle and 126 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

22.2% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 12.4 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

125 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 10

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 55-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 55
Inspections · 24 mo: 126
Annualized: ≈63 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving53 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Artisan Truckers’18–’20

Great West’20–’21

Accredited’21–’22

Obsidian’22–’23

Berkley’23–’24

National Union’24–now

20182020202220242026now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA · since Aug 2025

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Aug 2024 → Aug 2025	$750K	1
BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY	Aug 2023 → Aug 2024	$750K	1
OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2022 → Aug 2023	$750K	1
ACCREDITED SURETY AND CASUALTY COMPANY, INC.	Aug 2021 → Aug 2022	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Aug 2020 → Aug 2021	$750K	2
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Aug 2018 → Aug 2020	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 6, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 55
Observed power (24 mo): 52
Trailers (towed): 57

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

3.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

76.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 35 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 6, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

126

CA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

California: 20 inspections
Texas: 8 inspections
New Mexico: 8 inspections
Tennessee: 6 inspections
Colorado: 6 inspections
Iowa: 6 inspections
Arizona: 6 inspections
Indiana: 5 inspections
Missouri: 4 inspections
Utah: 4 inspections
Louisiana: 4 inspections
Kentucky: 4 inspections
Kansas: 3 inspections
Oregon: 3 inspections
Nebraska: 3 inspections
Arkansas: 3 inspections
North Carolina: 3 inspections
South Dakota: 3 inspections
Minnesota: 3 inspections
Alaska: 3 inspections
Illinois: 3 inspections
Washington: 3 inspections
Mississippi: 2 inspections
South Carolina: 2 inspections
New York: 1 inspections
Oklahoma: 1 inspections
Michigan: 1 inspections
Ohio: 1 inspections
Wisconsin: 1 inspections
West Virginia: 1 inspections
Vermont: 1 inspections
Maryland: 1 inspections
Georgia: 1 inspections
Wyoming: 1 inspections
Montana: 1 inspections

Home base

WHEELING, IL

762 BRANDON PL

Most inspections: CA

20 inspections

CA 20 · TX 8 · NM 8

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 6, 2026

Last 12 months: 5 trucks also ran under 5 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4184804 USDOT 4023986 USDOT 4045827 USDOT 4192031 USDOT 4085028Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (41 trucks · 51 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3735644 USDOT 3860472 USDOT 3995148 USDOT 4418287 USDOT 3245690 USDOT 4042445 USDOT 6576334 USDOT 3487141

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 762 BRANDON PL, WHEELING, IL, 60090
Mailing address: 4255 WESTBROOK DR UNIT219, AURORA, IL, 60504
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (847) 447-0262
Fax: (847) 447-2187
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officer: Mihail Ninicu
USDOT / docket: 2795405 · MC-933023
First registered: Aug 31, 2015
Last MCS-150: May 6, 2026 · 3,828,456 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,828,456

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 7, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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19%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

11 of 59 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

96violation records

15OOS-tagged records

11 of 59inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Unsafe driving

410%0 / 41

Other vehicle maintenance

1958%11 / 19

Brakes

138%1 / 13

Hours of service

128%1 / 12

Lights

1118%2 / 11

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

30%

15%

30%

14%Nov 24 to May 251 / 7

11%May 25 to Nov 252 / 18

22%Nov 25 to May 266 / 27

29%May 26 to Nov 262 / 7

Top 3 codes (14 of 96 records)

392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)5
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4

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392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components3
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing3
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2LC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.104B-C Cargo securement — tiedowns2
393.207A-SAPPAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators2
393.60D Windshield / glazing2
393.9 Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps2
396.3A1-STLN Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed2
390.17 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)1
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-INAT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEQP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWG1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWG2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLUP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.22A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.22B-DFPWD Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.2WC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.9B3-DFRCLS Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.11A1-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11B-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.130B-CHVE Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipment1
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45B2UV Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.55C2 Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55D2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75C Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-HLLH Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
395.11G-HOSDFPSD Supporting documents1
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24 ELD — record edits / data1
395.24C2II ELD — record edits / data1
395.24C2III ELD — record edits / data1
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer1
395.8A1-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8D11-HOSF Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8E Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1-ALBV Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BALR Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for OPTIMUS PRIME TRANSPORTATION INC.

OPTIMUS PRIME TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 2795405) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA effective Aug 6, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 18.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier received 126 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 59 vehicle-level and 126 driver-level — across 35 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It reports 55 power units and 50 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 6, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is OPTIMUS PRIME TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

OPTIMUS PRIME TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 2795405, and its motor carrier number is MC-933023.

Is OPTIMUS PRIME TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. OPTIMUS PRIME TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is OPTIMUS PRIME TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

OPTIMUS PRIME TRANSPORTATION INC has a 18.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 174 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).

How big is OPTIMUS PRIME TRANSPORTATION INC's fleet?

OPTIMUS PRIME TRANSPORTATION INC operates 55 power units and 50 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is OPTIMUS PRIME TRANSPORTATION INC based?

OPTIMUS PRIME TRANSPORTATION INC is based in WHEELING, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 35 states.

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Contact & documents

Call dispatch(847) 447-0262 Email dispatch[email protected]Carrier packetDownload / print · free

USDOT: 2795405
MC / Docket: MC-933023
Officer: MIHAIL NINICU
Address: 762 BRANDON PL
WHEELING, IL, 60090

At a glance

Active for-hire authority

Common authority · 11 yr continuous

$1M BIPD in force

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA · since Aug 2025

Vehicle OOS 18.6%

vs 22.26% national — at or below benchmark.

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