Carrier profile · USDOT 868890 · MC-380019 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

American Transportation Company

90 power unitsavg 6.7 yrNational · 30 statesKNOXVILLE, TN88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-380019 ACTIVEHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

90Power units

88 observed · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

6.7Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(865) 251-0828 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's 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 27 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2000.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 157 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo4.6%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

6 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

90 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.7 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

26 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2000 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

26 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

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16 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Apr 22, 2026.

Safety

91 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 4.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 6.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 65 vehicle and 91 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 1.7 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

89 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 90-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 90
Inspections · 24 mo: 91
Annualized: ≈46 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 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 Driving36 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 5 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle 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: None
Contract: Active
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)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 · 4 insurers · 3 lapsesCoverage lapse

Indiana’00–’05

Carolina’05–’08

American Southern’10–’13

Canal’13–’16

Canal’17–’24

2000200720142021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Apr 2026

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2025 → Apr 2026	$1M	3
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2024 → Apr 2024	$1M	3
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2017 → Mar 2024	$1M	3
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2013 → Aug 2016	$1M	6
AMERICAN SOUTHERN INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2010 → Mar 2013	$1M	3
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2009 → Mar 2010	$1M	2
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2005 → Apr 2008	$1M	7
INDIANA INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2000 → Mar 2005	$1M	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 7, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 90
Observed power (24 mo): 88
Trailers (towed): 0

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

33.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 30 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TN busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Tennessee: 18 inspections
California: 7 inspections
Georgia: 6 inspections
West Virginia: 5 inspections
Oklahoma: 4 inspections
Texas: 4 inspections
Indiana: 4 inspections
North Carolina: 3 inspections
New York: 3 inspections
Pennsylvania: 3 inspections
Nevada: 3 inspections
Arkansas: 2 inspections
South Dakota: 2 inspections
Maryland: 2 inspections
Mississippi: 2 inspections
Kentucky: 2 inspections
Missouri: 2 inspections
Kansas: 2 inspections
Montana: 2 inspections
Alabama: 2 inspections
South Carolina: 2 inspections
Arizona: 2 inspections
Connecticut: 1 inspections
Ohio: 1 inspections
Iowa: 1 inspections
Utah: 1 inspections
Illinois: 1 inspections
Colorado: 1 inspections
New Jersey: 1 inspections

Home base

KNOXVILLE, TN

2210 AWARD WINNING WAY

Most inspections: TN

18 inspections

TN 18 · CA 7 · GA 6

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 2026

Last 12 months: 7 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 511412 USDOT 2386128 USDOT 31386 USDOT 388004Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (34 trucks · 23 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2275443 USDOT 2289166 USDOT 261104 USDOT 2294952 USDOT 511412 USDOT 1840379 USDOT 2386128 USDOT 3984879

Shares a company officer with other carriers

jessica bentley — 3 carriers: USDOT 2411281 USDOT 4540889

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: 2210 AWARD WINNING WAY, KNOXVILLE, TN, 37932
Mailing address: 9000 EXECUTIVE PARK DR A105, KNOXVILLE, TN, 37923
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (865) 251-0828
Fax: (865) 251-0773
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: atcdriveaway.com

Registration

Officers: Jessica Bentley · Bruce Shields
USDOT / docket: 868890 · MC-380019
First registered: Apr 1, 2000
Last MCS-150: Nov 6, 2025 · 3,495,310 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

130

Drivers

130

CDL drivers

3,495,310

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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vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

3 of 65 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

74violation records

12OOS-tagged records

3 of 65inspections 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

390%0 / 39

Other vehicle maintenance

1421%3 / 14

Hours of service

1233%4 / 12

Lights

650%3 / 6

Driver fitness

2100%2 / 2

Other / unclassified

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

30%

15%

30%

8%Nov 24 to May 251 / 12

5%May 25 to Nov 251 / 19

7%Nov 25 to May 261 / 15

0%May 26 to Nov 260 / 19

Top 3 codes (15 of 74 records)

390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle6
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing5
390.21TB2-DOT USDOT number marking on vehicle4

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392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing3
392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLSIV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone2
393.60D Windshield / glazing2
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers2
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps2
395.8A1-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
396.7A-UOC Unsafe operation2
171.2K-HMGRMC Other violation1
383.23A2-LCDL Operating without a valid CDL1
383.23A2-LCDLN Operating without a valid CDL1
390.21TB USDOT number marking on vehicle1
392.16AD Failure to use seat belt1
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-INAT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEQP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2LC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.11A1-LSLM Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.201A-FRCLS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.209C-STSCL Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.78 Windshield wipers1
393.79 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-HLLH Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9B-LSLOWR Inoperative required lamps1
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.8E-HOSPDOOS Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.5-HL Oil and/or grease leak1
396.5B-HWSL Oil and/or grease leak1

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Unsafe driving

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Hours of service

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.

AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (USDOT 868890) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract 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 GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Apr 1, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 4.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier received 91 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 65 vehicle-level and 91 driver-level — across 30 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 90 power units and 130 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 6, 2025. 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 AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY's USDOT number?

AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY's USDOT number is 868890, and its motor carrier number is MC-380019.

Is AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY authorized to operate?

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

What is AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY's safety record?

AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY has a 4.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 157 roadside inspections, with 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).