Carrier profile · USDOT 2838469 · MC-950199 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

PIGEON FREIGHT SERVICES INC

1 power unitavg 3.8 yrNational · 25 statesLANSING, IL69/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-950199 INACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

1Power units

46 observed · MCS-150

45Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

3.8Avg age (yr)

2008–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(847) 262-9800 Email dispatchsafety@PIGEONFREIGHT.COM

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

Established 11 yearsNo active operating authority

Watch · 3

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Vehicle out-of-service rate above average24.1% vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes23 crashes involving injuries are on record.

In good standing · 1

Established 11 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2016.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo24.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo24.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

1 power unit. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

3.8 yr

Model years 2008–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

10 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2016 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

53 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 24.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 29 vehicle and 53 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.5% · 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 3.2 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 19

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈26.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 1
Inspections · 24 mo: 53
Annualized: ≈27 / yr
Coverage: ≈26.5 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 Driving138 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance55 · 42 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance29 · 9 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 6 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Inactive
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD filing (census)Not recorded per census

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’23 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Spirit Commercial’16–’18

County Hall’18–’19

Milford’19–’20

State National’20–’22

Transverse’22–’23

beyond this history

2016201920222025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

This timeline is the FMCSA filing history, and it ends at the most recent superseded filing — current policy status is not tracked here. Request a certificate of insurance to confirm active coverage before tendering.

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2023 → Jan 2023	$750K	2
TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2022 → Oct 2023	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Oct 2020 → Oct 2022	$750K	3
MILFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2019 → Oct 2020	$750K	1
COUNTY HALL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC A RR GROUP	Oct 2018 → Oct 2019	$750K	1
SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	Jun 2016 → Oct 2018	$750K	3

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 1
Observed power (24 mo): 46
Trailers (towed): 45

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

3.8 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2008

Oldest model yr

91.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 25 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

WA busiest

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

Home base

LANSING, IL

16830 CHICAGO AVE

Top corridor

WA ⇄ IL

WA 6 · NM 4 · IA 4

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 (100 trucks · 45 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 977650 USDOT 3332232 USDOT 3436146 USDOT 3705022 USDOT 1730271 USDOT 3842928 USDOT 4037274 USDOT 3163576

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 16830 CHICAGO AVE, LANSING, IL, 60438
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (847) 262-9800
Fax: (847) 238-8567
Email: safety@pigeonfreight.com
Web domain: pigeonfreight.com

Registration

Officer: Iryna Melenchenko
USDOT / docket: 2838469 · MC-950199
First registered: Jan 13, 2016
Last MCS-150: Jan 17, 2025 · 5,000,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
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

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 PIGEON FREIGHT SERVICES INC.

PIGEON FREIGHT SERVICES INC (USDOT 2838469) has a Vektor safety score of 69/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 24.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 53 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 29 vehicle-level and 53 driver-level — across 25 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 1 power unit and 1 driver in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 17, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is PIGEON FREIGHT SERVICES INC's USDOT number?

PIGEON FREIGHT SERVICES INC's USDOT number is 2838469, and its motor carrier number is MC-950199.

Is PIGEON FREIGHT SERVICES INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, PIGEON FREIGHT SERVICES INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is PIGEON FREIGHT SERVICES INC's safety record?

PIGEON FREIGHT SERVICES INC has a 24.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 390 roadside inspections, with 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 69/100 (tier: review).