Carrier profile · USDOT 2969925 · MC-835392 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 2, 2026

Safari Logistics Inc

4 power unitsavg 5.7 yrMulti-region · 12 statesBURR RIDGE, IL93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-835392 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

4Power units

5 observed · MCS-150

10Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.7Avg age (yr)

1997–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(773) 524-2577 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 2, 2026

Clear to load

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

Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average33.3% vs the 22.26% national average.

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 10 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2017.No reported crashesNo DOT-reportable crashes are on this carrier's record.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

4 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.7 yr

Model years 1997–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

9 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2017 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

6 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.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 33.33% on 6 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
8 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 19, 2026.

Safety

16 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '26 · 3

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 4
Inspections · 24 mo: 16
Annualized: ≈8 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.0 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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 2, 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

$1M BIPD last filed ’26 · 1 insurer · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Artisan Truckers’13–’16

2013201720212025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 3 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2026

All 3 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Feb 2025 → Feb 2026	$1M	5
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Mar 2017 → Nov 2017	$1M	1
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Jul 2013 → Sep 2016	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 3, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 4
Observed power (24 mo): 5
Trailers (towed): 10

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.7 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

86.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 12 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TX busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Texas: 3 inspections
Louisiana: 2 inspections
California: 2 inspections
Missouri: 1 inspections
Arkansas: 1 inspections
South Dakota: 1 inspections
Georgia: 1 inspections
Illinois: 1 inspections
Michigan: 1 inspections
Kansas: 1 inspections
Nevada: 1 inspections
New Mexico: 1 inspections

Home base

BURR RIDGE, IL

850 VILLAGE CENTER DRIVE UNIT 311

Most inspections: TX

3 inspections

TX 3 · LA 2 · CA 2

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 2, 2026

Last 12 months: 4 trucks also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3165570Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (10 trucks · 8 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3088365 USDOT 3512084 USDOT 3526290 USDOT 2584265 USDOT 3173205 USDOT 2028041 USDOT 3165570 USDOT 2269877

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 2, 2026

Location

Physical address: 850 VILLAGE CENTER DRIVE UNIT 311, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (773) 524-2577
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: safarilogisticsusa.com

Registration

Officer: Virginia Popescu
USDOT / docket: 2969925 · MC-835392
First registered: Feb 6, 2017
Last MCS-150: Apr 9, 2026 · 200,000 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

200,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 2, 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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33%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

2 of 6 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

19violation records

2OOS-tagged records

2 of 6inspections 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.

Hours of service

80%0 / 8

Unsafe driving

80%0 / 8

Other vehicle maintenance

250%1 / 2

Lights

1100%1 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

40%Stable

15%

30%

n/aNov 24 to May 250 / 0

33%May 25 to Nov 251 / 3

n/aNov 25 to May 260 / 0

33%May 26 to Nov 261 / 3

Top 3 codes (9 of 19 records)

395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer4
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLEQP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2

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395.24C2III-ELDSDN ELD — record edits / data2
392.2-SLLILC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.11A1-LSLMWR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
395.24 ELD — record edits / data1
395.8F01 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1

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Hours of service

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for SAFARI LOGISTICS INC.

SAFARI LOGISTICS INC (USDOT 2969925) has a Vektor safety score of 93/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 2, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 2, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Feb 26, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 2, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 33.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier received 16 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 6 vehicle-level and 16 driver-level — across 12 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 3, 2026.

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

It reports 4 power units and 4 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 9, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SAFARI LOGISTICS INC's USDOT number?

SAFARI LOGISTICS INC's USDOT number is 2969925, and its motor carrier number is MC-835392.

Is SAFARI LOGISTICS INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 2, 2026. SAFARI LOGISTICS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SAFARI LOGISTICS INC's safety record?

SAFARI LOGISTICS INC has a 33.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 16 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 93/100 (tier: clear).