Carrier profile · USDOT 919317 · MC-397803 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Vaughn Company Inc

50 power unitsavg 15.2 yrRegional · 4 statesMONETT, MO81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-397803 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

50Power units

32 observed · MCS-150

2Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

15.2Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(417) 235-7700 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average27.5% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record2 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

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 26 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2000.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

9 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

50 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

15.2 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

25 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2000 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

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

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Vehicle OOS 27.50% on 40 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.

Safety

51 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 27.5%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 — 40 vehicle and 51 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.7% · 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 3.7 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

51 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 5

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 50-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 50
Inspections · 24 mo: 51
Annualized: ≈26 / 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 Driving49 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 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

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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 ’23 · 7 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Progressive Northwestern’03–’06

Progressive’06–’10

Bitco National’15–’20

Bitco General’20–’23

2003200920152021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY · since Aug 2023

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
BITCO GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION	Mar 2020 → Aug 2023	$750K	2
BITCO NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2015 → Apr 2020	$750K	2
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2015 → Sep 2015	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2011 → Apr 2013	$750K	1
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Sep 2010 → Apr 2011	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2006 → Sep 2010	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERN INS. CO.	Jul 2003 → Jan 2006	$750K	4

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 1, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 50
Observed power (24 mo): 32
Trailers (towed): 2

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

15.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

67.6%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 4 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 1, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MO busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Missouri: 37 inspections
Arkansas: 5 inspections
Kansas: 5 inspections
Oklahoma: 4 inspections

Home base

MONETT, MO

22453 HIGHWAY H

Most inspections: MO

37 inspections

MO 37 · AR 5 · KS 5

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 1, 2026

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 (6 trucks · 6 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 4227076 USDOT 2021215 USDOT 1999605 USDOT 4073785 USDOT 3182998 USDOT 3637545

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

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 1, 2026

Location

Physical address: 22453 HIGHWAY H, MONETT, MO, 65708-8410
Mailing address: PO BOX 438, MONETT, MO, 65708
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (417) 235-7700
Fax: (417) 235-8408
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: vaughncompany.net

Registration

Officer: Josie Flummerfelt
USDOT / docket: 919317 · MC-397803
First registered: Dec 4, 2000
Last MCS-150: Feb 18, 2026 · 2,164,490 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Aug 25, 2023
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,164,490

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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28%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

11 of 40 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

110violation records

13OOS-tagged records

11 of 40inspections 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

360%0 / 36

Other vehicle maintenance

3429%10 / 34

Lights

230%0 / 23

Brakes

1619%3 / 16

Driver fitness

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

50%

15%

30%

14%Nov 24 to May 251 / 7

15%May 25 to Nov 252 / 13

44%Nov 25 to May 264 / 9

36%May 26 to Nov 264 / 11

Top 3 codes (17 of 110 records)

392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)6
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps6
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt5

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392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
392.2-SLLEWG3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
396.5B-L Oil and/or grease leak4
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects3
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components3
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers3
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps3
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection3
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLFC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.207A-SUBL Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.55C1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)2
393.60C Windshield / glazing2
393.95A1 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9A-HLLH Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps2
390.21TC-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle1
391.41A-MCPC No / expired medical certificate1
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLILC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.9A-DFSL Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.100B-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.11A1-LHLM Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LIL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11B-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11B-CSSRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11B-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.203B-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.203C-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205C-WR Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207A-SAPPCBLM Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207A-STBW Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207A-STCB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.209D-STPAL Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.209E-SPSLA Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47A-BCFSBD Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.48A-BI-SA Brakes inoperative1
393.48A-BIHE Brakes inoperative1
393.51C-BLPW Brake warning devices1
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.78 Windshield wipers1
393.95A3 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9B-LRLO Inoperative required lamps1
393.9B-LSLO Inoperative required lamps1
396.3A1-BALR Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BNMH Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-OAL Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-STFARW Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Lights

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for VAUGHN COMPANY INC.

VAUGHN COMPANY INC (USDOT 919317) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 14, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 27.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier received 51 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 40 vehicle-level and 51 driver-level — across 4 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier has 9 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It reports 50 power units and 45 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 18, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Aug 25, 2023 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is VAUGHN COMPANY INC's USDOT number?

VAUGHN COMPANY INC's USDOT number is 919317, and its motor carrier number is MC-397803.

Is VAUGHN COMPANY INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026. VAUGHN COMPANY INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is VAUGHN COMPANY INC's safety record?

VAUGHN COMPANY INC has a 27.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 79 roadside inspections, with 9 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).