Carrier profile · USDOT 3584093 · MC-1211694 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Lava Freight Inc

20 power unitsavg 5 yrMulti-region · 11 statesLOMBARD, IL86/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1211694 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

20Power units

12 observed · MCS-150

12Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.0Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(312) 909-8180 Email dispatchdrive4lavafreight@gmail.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Sep 6, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average57.1% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 6 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2021.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo57.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo57.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

20 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

5 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2021 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

28 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 57.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 28 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 66.7 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

28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 20-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 20
Inspections · 24 mo: 28
Annualized: ≈14 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
390.17 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
392.80 Texting while drivingUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

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 ’26 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Artisan Truckers’21–’23

State National’23–’24

Berkley’24–’25

Geico Marine’25–’26

202120232025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 4 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA · since Mar 2026

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2025 → May 2026	$750K	2
BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY	Mar 2024 → Mar 2025	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Mar 2023 → Mar 2024	$750K	2
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Mar 2021 → Mar 2023	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 20
Observed power (24 mo): 12
Trailers (towed): 12

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.0 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

54.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 11 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

IN busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

LOMBARD, IL

55 W 22ND ST SUIT#130

Top corridor

IN ⇄ IL

IN 6 · IL 6 · KY 3

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

Show all-time history (13 trucks · 14 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2842919 USDOT 3498800 USDOT 3505616 USDOT 3923507 USDOT 973417 USDOT 2028041 USDOT 2634384 USDOT 3509638

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 55 W 22ND ST SUIT#130, LOMBARD, IL, 60148
Mailing address: 9 INDIAN TRAIL DRIVE, WESTMONT, IL, 60559
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (312) 909-8180
Email: drive4lavafreight@gmail.com

Registration

Officer: Darko Stanic
USDOT / docket: 3584093 · MC-1211694
First registered: Mar 8, 2021
Last MCS-150: Mar 26, 2026 · 739,679 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

739,679

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

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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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for LAVA FREIGHT INC.

LAVA FREIGHT INC (USDOT 3584093) has a Vektor safety score of 86/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Sep 6, 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 Mar 25, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 57.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 28 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 7 vehicle-level and 28 driver-level — across 11 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 20 power units and 20 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 26, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is LAVA FREIGHT INC's USDOT number?

LAVA FREIGHT INC's USDOT number is 3584093, and its motor carrier number is MC-1211694.

Is LAVA FREIGHT INC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 6, 2026, LAVA FREIGHT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is LAVA FREIGHT INC's safety record?

LAVA FREIGHT INC has a 57.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 42 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 86/100 (tier: clear).

How big is LAVA FREIGHT INC's fleet?

LAVA FREIGHT INC operates 20 power units and 20 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is LAVA FREIGHT INC based?

LAVA FREIGHT INC is based in LOMBARD, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 11 states.

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