COPELAND TRUCKING INC

DOT# 1486594 MC# 559900 Taylorville, IL Authorized For-Hire
(217) 777-2689 tlaw626@yahoo.com 1000 S Spresser, Taylorville IL 62568
24 tractors · all owned 24 drivers 2.5M mi/yr · ~103k per unit
Strong
FRED Score 82.3 / 100
Moderate confidence
20 yrs history · 47 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
24
Drivers · CDL
24 · 0
Annual miles
2.5M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 24 0 0 24
Trailers 40 0 0 40

Registration

FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (06-27-2017) · 9 yr old
Registered
04-11-2006 (20 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
02-05-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
TRAVIS LAWRENCE
Officer
AARON COPELAND

Cargo

61.1
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Other: NURSERY TREES Grain/Feed/Hay Dry Bulk Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, General Freight

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 20–49 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 1.6× as often as the median active fleet of 20–49 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.68×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.1 vs 1.7 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
1.1
Similar fleets
1.7
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~3%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 1.7 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.71× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +8%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Driver qualification
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 no valid CDL (Jun 2025 – Oct 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 4.3% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2
  • High speeding: 8

Track record

FMCSA record, Nov 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
47
45% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
29.4%
5 of 17
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
4.3%
2 of 47
National avg 6.7%
Violations
40
8 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 11 inspections, 1 out of service 11 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 8 inspections, 1 out of service 8 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 12 inspections, 3 out of service 12 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 4 inspections, 2 out of service 4 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 11,996 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.021 0.027
Inspections 1.46 1.02
Violations 0.83 0.71
Critical violations 0.15 0.14

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

40 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    18 · 6 OOS
    Brakes 9 · Lights 5 · Cargo securement 3 · Tires 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    16 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 8 · Reckless / lane 4 · Seat belt 2 · Phone use 1 · Other 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    4 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 4
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    No valid CDL 2
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Sep
    2
    2025
    Kentucky
    Property damage only
    Wet road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$750,000 · WESTERN NATIONAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
on record since Apr 11, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 2006
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 3 changes: NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY → WESTERN NATIONAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. (Apr 2026); HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. → NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY (Jun 2025); NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY → HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. (Apr 2025)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer, replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Apr 9, 2015)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Illinois (HQ) 17
  • Indiana 6
  • Kentucky 4
  • Iowa 3
  • Arkansas 2
  • Maryland 2
  • Michigan 2
  • Pennsylvania 2

36% of inspections were in its home state.