Carrier profile · USDOT 988549 · MC-419577 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Bristol Motor Transport Inc

14 power unitsavg 12.2 yrMulti-region · 12 statesBRISTOL, WI88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-419577 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

14Power units

12 observed · MCS-150

12Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.2Avg age (yr)

1999–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(262) 857-9786 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 25 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2001.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 34 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo12.5%

▼ 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

Asset-based

14 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

12.2 yr

Model years 1999–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

25 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2001 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

9 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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5 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 16, 2026.

Safety

25 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 12.5%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 — 16 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 20.0 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 14-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 14
Inspections · 24 mo: 25
Annualized: ≈13 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 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 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

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 ’25 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Canal’01–’05

Lincoln General’05–’09

Northland’12–’19

Northland’21–’25

2001200820152022now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Nov 2025

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2021 → Nov 2025	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2019 → Nov 2021	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2012 → Dec 2019	$750K	2
ILLINOIS NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2011 → Nov 2012	$750K	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Nov 2010 → Nov 2011	$750K	1
STAR INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2009 → Nov 2010	$750K	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2005 → Nov 2009	$750K	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2001 → Nov 2005	$750K	4

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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): 14
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

12.2 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

83.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 12 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TN busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Tennessee: 5 inspections
Arizona: 4 inspections
Missouri: 3 inspections
Wisconsin: 2 inspections
Illinois: 2 inspections
New Mexico: 2 inspections
Georgia: 2 inspections
Kansas: 1 inspections
Oklahoma: 1 inspections
Louisiana: 1 inspections
South Carolina: 1 inspections
California: 1 inspections

Home base

BRISTOL, WI

19630 87TH ST

Most inspections: TN

5 inspections

TN 5 · AZ 4 · MO 3

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 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.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2031026 USDOT 2039553 USDOT 578015 USDOT 1588474

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: 19630 87TH ST, BRISTOL, WI, 53104-8607
Mailing address: 19630 87TH STREET, BRISTOL, WI, 53104-8607
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (262) 857-9786
Cell: (847) 421-9661
Fax: (262) 857-6939
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: bristolmotor.net

Registration

Officers: Jason Perhacs · Marco Rojas
USDOT / docket: 988549 · MC-419577
First registered: Nov 7, 2001
Last MCS-150: May 5, 2026 · 1,215,384 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · May 11, 2010
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,215,384

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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13%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

2 of 16 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

37violation records

3OOS-tagged records

2 of 16inspections 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.

Other vehicle maintenance

1118%2 / 11

Brakes

911%1 / 9

Lights

80%0 / 8

Unsafe driving

50%0 / 5

Hours of service

40%0 / 4

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

40%

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 5

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 3

0%Nov 25 to May 260 / 3

40%May 26 to Nov 262 / 5

Top 3 codes (6 of 37 records)

393.11A1-LCHL Required lamps/reflectors missing2
393.55C1 Antilock brake system (ABS)2
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2

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393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
396.5B Oil and/or grease leak2
392.2-SLLFC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLUP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.11A1-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LBL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11B-CSRIGRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11B-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.203C-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207B Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45B2UV Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45UV Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.55C1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55C2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55D2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60E Windshield / glazing1
393.67C11-F Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.95A4-EENA Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSIR Inoperative required lamps1
395.24D-ELDPT ELD — record edits / data1
395.30B2-ELDDFC24 ELD — use / data transfer1
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8E1PC Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Brakes

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Lights

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for BRISTOL MOTOR TRANSPORT INC.

BRISTOL MOTOR TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 988549) 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 common and 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 $750,000 limit in force from MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Nov 13, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 12.5% 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 25 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 16 vehicle-level and 25 driver-level — across 12 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash 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 14 power units and 13 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 5, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned May 11, 2010 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BRISTOL MOTOR TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

BRISTOL MOTOR TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 988549, and its motor carrier number is MC-419577.

Is BRISTOL MOTOR TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. BRISTOL MOTOR TRANSPORT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BRISTOL MOTOR TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

BRISTOL MOTOR TRANSPORT INC has a 12.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 34 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).