Carrier profile · USDOT 988981 · MC-420764 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Straitline Transportation LLC

58 power unitsavg 7 yrNational · 27 statesBURLINGTON, IA87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-420764 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

58Power units

55 observed · MCS-150

64Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.0Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(309) 801-3300

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

Clear to load

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average22.7% vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes11 crashes involving injuries are on 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 25 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2001.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)On file

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

10 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

58 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

24 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2001 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

8 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

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CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 22.73% on 44 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
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37 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Sep 24, 2026.
CheckRequest a current COI
Insurance cancellation effective Jun 1, 2026.

Safety

114 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 22.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 44 vehicle and 114 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.6% · 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

108 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 9

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

≈1.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 58-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 58
Inspections · 24 mo: 114
Annualized: ≈57 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 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 Driving132 · 1 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 8 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 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: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liabilityNo active filing in current snapshot

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’24 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Wilshire’02–’09

Northland’12–’16

National’19–’22

2002200820142020now

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

No active BIPD filing in FMCSA's current snapshot.

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2022 → Jun 2024	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jun 2019 → Jun 2022	$750K	3
SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	Jun 2017 → Jun 2019	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jun 2016 → Jun 2017	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2012 → Jun 2016	$750K	4
STRATFORD INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2011 → Jun 2012	$750K	1
SPARTA INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2009 → Jun 2011	$750K	1
WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2002 → May 2009	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 6, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 58
Observed power (24 mo): 55
Trailers (towed): 64

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.0 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

61.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 27 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 6, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

114

IA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Iowa: 19 inspections
South Carolina: 8 inspections
Tennessee: 8 inspections
North Carolina: 7 inspections
Missouri: 6 inspections
Arkansas: 6 inspections
Colorado: 6 inspections
Nebraska: 6 inspections
Ohio: 6 inspections
Pennsylvania: 5 inspections
Michigan: 5 inspections
Illinois: 5 inspections
Georgia: 4 inspections
Texas: 4 inspections
South Dakota: 3 inspections
Maryland: 3 inspections
Massachusetts: 2 inspections
West Virginia: 2 inspections
Washington: 1 inspections
Mississippi: 1 inspections
Indiana: 1 inspections
New Mexico: 1 inspections
Minnesota: 1 inspections
Kentucky: 1 inspections
Wyoming: 1 inspections
Florida: 1 inspections
New Jersey: 1 inspections

Home base

BURLINGTON, IA

17301 IRISH RIDGE ROAD

Most inspections: IA

19 inspections

IA 19 · SC 8 · TN 8

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 6, 2026

Last 12 months: 2 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3976011 USDOT 724812Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (16 trucks · 17 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1330324 USDOT 2364755 USDOT 3489275 USDOT 3785843 USDOT 1472803 USDOT 3486595 USDOT 2116505 USDOT 4149865

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 6, 2026

Location

Physical address: 17301 IRISH RIDGE ROAD, BURLINGTON, IA, 52601
Mailing address: PO BOX 489, BURLINGTON, IA, 52601
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (309) 801-3300
Fax: (309) 801-3304
Email: —

Registration

Officers: Gary Russell · Terri Russell
USDOT / docket: 988981 · MC-420764
First registered: Nov 9, 2001
Last MCS-150: Jan 15, 2026 · 5,000,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

5,000,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 6, 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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23%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

10 of 44 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

130violation records

19OOS-tagged records

10 of 44inspections 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

723%2 / 72

Other vehicle maintenance

2055%11 / 20

Lights

1520%3 / 15

Hours of service

147%1 / 14

Brakes

813%1 / 8

Driver fitness

1100%1 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

40%

15%

30%

17%Nov 24 to May 251 / 6

20%May 25 to Nov 253 / 15

0%Nov 25 to May 260 / 5

33%May 26 to Nov 266 / 18

Top 3 codes (26 of 130 records)

392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)12
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)8
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)6

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392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)6
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLEWG3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2WG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.11A1-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing3
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)3
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps3
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2W State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.130B-CHVE Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipment2
393.207F-SDAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.75G-LOAD Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9T Inoperative required lamps2
395.24 ELD — record edits / data2
395.24D-ELDPT ELD — record edits / data2
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer2
395.8E1PC Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
383.51A-NSIN Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
390.17 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)1
392.16AD Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-LCDLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWG2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLILC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLUP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2DIM State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2IRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.5A2-IP Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone1
392.9A3 Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.100B-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.104F3-C Cargo securement — tiedowns1
393.11A1-LSLM Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11TL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.45B2 Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45D Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47A-BCFSAD-SA Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.55C1 Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55C1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75A1 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75C Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9 Inoperative required lamps1
393.95A Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LBL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps1
395.20B Hours of service / ELD1
395.24C1III-ELDDOF ELD — record edits / data1
395.24C2III-ELDSDN ELD — record edits / data1
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8E-HOSPDOOS Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1-F Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.5B-HWSL Oil and/or grease leak1
396.5B-L Oil and/or grease leak1

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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 STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC.

STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 988981) has a Vektor safety score of 87/100 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 6, 2026.

It has no active BIPD insurance filing in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 22.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier received 114 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 44 vehicle-level and 114 driver-level — across 27 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier has 10 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It reports 58 power units and 58 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 15, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number?

STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number is 988981, and its motor carrier number is MC-420764.

Is STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 6, 2026. STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC's safety record?

STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC has a 22.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 201 roadside inspections, with 10 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 87/100 (tier: clear).

How big is STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC's fleet?

STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC operates 58 power units and 58 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC based?

STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC is based in BURLINGTON, IA, with roadside inspections recorded across 27 states.

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