TRANSPORTATION SPECIALISTS LTD
DBA: ACCUTRAN
(402) 895-9610
heath.richards@4tsl.com
10001 South 152nd Street, Omaha NE 68138
313
tractors
292 drivers
21M mi/yr · ~67k per unit
HazMat
Strong
FRED Score 82.7 / 100
High confidence
52 yrs history · 308 roadside inspections
FMCSA Live Status
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Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 313
- Drivers · CDL
- 292 · 292
- Annual miles
- 21M
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tractors | 310 | 3 | 0 | 313 |
| Trailers | 1600 | 0 | 0 | 1600 |
Registration
- Organization
- CORPORATION
- FMCSA Rating
- Satisfactory (09-28-2004) · 22 yr old
- Registered
- 06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 03-18-2026 (Address Change)
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 07, 2026
- Officer
- DAVID HASTINGS
- Officer
- HEATH RICHARDS
Cargo
66.6
medium risk
Household Goods
Drive/Tow Away
Machinery/Large Objects
Intermodal Containers
Meat
Refrigerated Food
General Freight
Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber
Building Materials
Fresh Produce
Beverages
Grain/Feed/Hay
Dry Bulk
Paper Products
Construction
Chemicals
- High-Risk Cargo
- Drive/Tow Away, Machinery Large, General Freight, Household Goods, Refrigerated Food, Meat
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 about 32% lower than similar fleets.
Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 200–499 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.
This motor carrier 0.68×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.SatisfactoryMarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
6.3 vs 9.3 for similar fleets
Likely 2–11 crashes
This motor carrier
6.3
Similar fleets
9.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~17%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 12 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 6 a year), including 4 with injuries; similar fleets have about 9.3 a year. The grade counts 23 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.43× the rate expected for its inspections, but violations 0.57× and out-of-service orders 0.61×. Together they move its crash estimate -4%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.
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.
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Injury crashes4 crashes with 5 people hurt in 24 months.Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
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Brakes and lightsBrakes are 41 of 162 violations (25%). Brake or light defects led to 27 out-of-service orders.Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
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Hazmat violations1 hazmat violation.
Strengths
- Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
- No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
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Dangerous driving: 6
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Excessive speeding: 16
Track record
FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026
· grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
12
0 fatalities · 5 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
308
69% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
19.5%
34 of 174
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 308
National avg 6.7%
Violations
162
43 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter
With an out-of-service order
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 2 inspections.
vs 1,008 peer fleets
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.014 | 0.022 |
| Inspections | 0.72 | 0.74 |
| Violations | 0.26 | 0.32 |
| Critical violations | 0.04 | 0.07 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 200–499 power units, medium-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
162 violations · 24 months-
Vehicle maintenance No alert104 · 43 OOSBrakes 41 · Lights 34 · Tires 13 · Cargo securement 6 · Wheels & hubs 1 · 9 more
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Hours of service No alert29 · 0 OOSLogbook / ELD paperwork 20 · No log 4 · Over hours limit 3 · False log 2
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Unsafe driving No alert28 · 0 OOSSpeeding 17 · Reckless / lane 10 · Phone use 1
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Driver fitness No alert0
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
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Hazmat1 · 0 OOS
Out-of-service violations
“No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold
Violations by quarter
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Crashes
24 months-
Apr282026KansasInjury · 1 person hurtDark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Dec102025MissouriProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
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Nov232025MissouriProperty damage onlyDaylight, fog, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
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Nov102025MissouriInjury · 2 people hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Aug112025MissouriProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Jan122025IowaProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway not divided.
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Dec242024KentuckyProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
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Dec92024KansasProperty damage onlyDark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
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Nov182024WyomingInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
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Nov32024IowaInjury · 1 person hurtWet road, dark - lighted, one-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.
4 more in the FMCSA records below.
4 of the 12 crashes hurt someone but killed no one.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026Today · live FMCSA check
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- Liability (BIPD)
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$1,000,000 · Arch Insurance Companyon record since May 1, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Sep 1993
- Cargo filing
- not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
- Broker or forwarder bond
- on file
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
- 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. → ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY (May 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 new registration system, status since Mar 17, 2011)
FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record
17 filings and 14 authority events since 1981 · FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record
17 filings and 14 authority events since 1981 · FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
Newest first. Insurer names as filed. FMCSA does not publish why a filing was cancelled.
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May 1, 2026Arch Insurance CompanyLiability · $1,000,000 · on fileFMCSA's new system
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Oct 1, 2025ARCH INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended May 1, 2026 · replaced by the same insurer (renewal)7 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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May 1, 2025ARCH INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Oct 1, 2025 · superseded by the same policy5 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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May 3, 2021FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 29, 2021cause not stated in FMCSA's older recordsL&I to May 14, 2026
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May 3, 2021FMCSA revocation notice for the broker authority, dropped Apr 29, 2021cause not stated in FMCSA's older recordsL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 28, 2021GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.Liability · $1,000,000 · ended May 1, 2025 · replaced by another insurera cancellation notice effective Nov 5, 2025 came after the replacement; 48 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 22, 2021GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.Liability · $1,000,000 · ended Apr 28, 2021 · superseded by the same policyL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 26, 2021FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 23, 2021cause not stated in FMCSA's older recordsL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 26, 2021FMCSA revocation notice for the broker authority, dropped Apr 28, 2021cause not stated in FMCSA's older recordsL&I to May 14, 2026
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Feb 19, 2021FMCSA revocation notice for the broker authority, dropped Mar 15, 2021cause not stated in FMCSA's older recordsL&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 1, 2013Merchants National Bonding, Inc.Broker bond (BMC-84) · ended Jun 7, 2021 · insurer name change92 months in forceFMCSA's new system
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Oct 1, 2013GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.Broker bond (BMC-84) · ended Mar 18, 2021 · cancellation notice took effect90 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 17, 2011Broker authority reinstatedL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 16, 2011GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.Broker bond (BMC-84) · ended Oct 1, 2013 · replaced by another insurer31 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 12, 2000GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.Cargo · ended Apr 28, 2021 · insurer name change245 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 27, 2000FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Dec 18, 2000cause not stated in FMCSA's older recordsL&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 1, 2000GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.Liability · $1,000,000 · ended Apr 22, 2021 · superseded by the same policy247 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Nov 20, 1999CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.Cargo · ended Oct 1, 2000 · cancellation notice took effect10 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Nov 20, 1999CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.Liability · $1,000,000 · ended Oct 1, 2000 · cancellation notice took effect10 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Sep 1, 1995CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.Cargo · ended Nov 20, 1999 · cancellation notice took effect51 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Sep 1, 1995CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.Liability · $1,000,000 · ended Nov 20, 1999 · cancellation notice took effect51 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Sep 1, 1994UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.Cargo · ended Nov 24, 1995 · cancellation notice took effect15 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Sep 1, 1993THE HOME INDEMNITY CO.Liability · $1,000,000 · ended Sep 1, 1995 · replaced by another insurer24 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 15, 1992FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Nov 3, 1992cause not stated in FMCSA's older recordsL&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 15, 1992FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Nov 4, 1992cause not stated in FMCSA's older recordsL&I to May 14, 2026
What the terms mean
- Liability filing (BIPD):
- The insurer's certificate (form BMC-91 or 91X) that the motor carrier carries bodily-injury and property-damage liability at or above FMCSA's minimum. A BMC-82 is the same promise made by a surety bond.
- FMCSA minimum:
- $750,000 for general freight in vehicles of 10,001 lb or more; $300,000 under 10,001 lb; $1,000,000 for oil and some hazardous materials; $5,000,000 for bulk hazardous materials (49 CFR 387.9).
- Primary / excess:
- An excess filing sits on top of a primary one; together they make the total filed limit.
- Replaced:
- A new filing took over from this one. Replaced the same day is an ordinary change of insurer or renewal.
- Cancellation notice:
- Form BMC-35 (insurance) or BMC-36 (bond): the insurer tells FMCSA the filing ends in 30 days. The insurer files it whether the insurer or the motor carrier ended the policy; FMCSA does not publish the reason.
- Cancellation processed by FMCSA:
- FMCSA itself ended the filing, for example when the authority was revoked.
- Lapse:
- Time with no liability filing on FMCSA's record while the authority required one. A filing received later can be back-dated, which closes a lapse after the fact.
- Suspended for insurance:
- FMCSA suspended the operating authority because no filing meeting the minimum was on file. FMCSA's records state this reason only since May 14, 2026; before then they show a revocation notice without a cause.
- FMCSA notice resolved in time:
- Before May 14, 2026, FMCSA served a revocation notice when a required filing lapsed and dropped it when the filing was restored. The notice does not say which filing lapsed.
- Suspension notice:
- Since May 14, 2026, FMCSA serves a notice that the authority will be suspended on a date unless the missing filing is restored. The notice does not say which filing.
- Cargo filing:
- Form BMC-34. FMCSA has required it only of household-goods motor carriers and forwarders since 2011, so most motor carriers' cargo policies are not on FMCSA's record.
- Broker bond / trust fund:
- Form BMC-84 (surety bond) or BMC-85 (trust fund): the $75,000 security a broker or freight forwarder must keep on file.
- Self-insurance authority:
- FMCSA lets a few large motor carriers carry their own liability; it appears as a filing by "Self-Insured".
- Risk retention group:
- An insurer owned by its policyholders (often trucking groups). It is not covered by state insurance guaranty funds.
- FMCSA record through:
- The date of the FMCSA file this section was built from. Dockets FMCSA's new system has not yet published are shown from the legacy record, frozen on May 14, 2026.
FMCSA's record of the insurance filed for this motor carrier's operating authority (forms BMC-91/91X liability, BMC-34 cargo, BMC-84/85 broker bond or trust), not the motor carrier's full insurance program. Only for-hire motor carriers with operating authority file with FMCSA; private and intrastate-only motor carriers keep proof of insurance at their place of business, so no filing does not mean no insurance. A filed limit is the amount the insurer certified to FMCSA, which can be below the policy's full limits; cargo and bond filings are shown as on file or not because FMCSA records the federal minimum rather than the policy amount. FMCSA's new registration system (May 14, 2026) publishes a partial set of dockets; a docket not yet in it is shown from the legacy record, frozen on that date, and the live check above is today's reading. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Where it happens
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Inspections by state
- Kansas 64
- Nebraska (HQ) 60
- California 49
- Missouri 37
- Texas 18
- Iowa 17
- Colorado 15
- Nevada 14
19% of inspections were in its home state.
How this grade is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
How this grade is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook
The FRED Score predicts this motor carrier's crash risk over the next 12 months — how often they're likely to crash and how severe those crashes tend to be — versus a typical fleet of its size (313 power units: 313 filed, 183 seen roadside in 24 months).
Crash Outlook vs Peer Fleet
crashes per year · same scale
Average peer fleet
9.3
Actual, per year in window
7.7
Projected, next 12 mo
6.3
0
6
12
We'd expect a typical fleet of 313 power units this active to have about 9.3 crashes a year. This motor carrier recorded 23 in its scoring window (Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026, about 7.7 a year) — fewer than a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 6.3 over the next 12 — below a typical fleet. When this motor carrier does crash, those crashes tend to be substantially more severe than average — roughly 3.2× the injury/fatal weight of a typical crash.
Fatal-crash risk: about 17% chance in the next 12 months
Modeled fatal-crash rate is below that of similar fleets (likelihood of at least one fatal crash, from its exposure and safety profile).
Track Record Used
Crashes Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026 · inspections Oct 1, 2024 → Sep 30, 2026 · data as of Oct 29, 2026
Inside that window:
304 inspections
and 23 crashes.
The FMCSA record tables now hold 306 inspections and 12 crashes in that window — the SMS data moved after this grade was computed.
Outside the scoring window
on the FMCSA record · not in this grade
Aged out — crashes before Sep 1, 2023, inspections before Oct 1, 2024
- 2 inspections with no out-of-service result
Confidence: High · Z = 0.88
Strong — 0.68x its class rate (cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11). Class rate 0.030 crashes per power-unit-year for a 313-unit for-hire fleet (pu200_499). Violations 0.96x (driver behaviour 1.43x, out-of-service 0.61x, all violations 0.57x; 304 inspections). Experience 0.71x: 9.2 decayed crashes against 13.8 expected over 36 months (credibility 0.88, a 1.88). 80% range 0.42–0.96x. Last change: no change since the last run.
No change since the previous weekly run.
What Drives This Score
1.00× = this motor carrier's class rate
FRED multiplies three factors: the class rate a fleet of this size, class and activity is expected to run, a violation relativity from its roadside record, and its own crash experience over 36 months weighted by how much exposure stands behind it. The grade is the band of the resulting relativity to class, then the screens.
Class rate
3.0 crashes per 100 power-unit-years
313 power units · 9.32 expected crashes a year
Violation relativity
0.96×
304 inspections in window
Crash experience
0.71×
9.2 decayed crashes vs 13.8 expected · credibility 0.88
Driver behaviour
Out-of-service rate
All violations
0×1× class2×+
Each sub-relativity is shrunk toward its cohort rate when the record is thin (Bühlmann credibility), so a short record reads close to 1.00×.
Relativity to class 0.68× (80% range 0.42–0.96×)
· band Strong
· cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11, Critical above
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
AB PropertyTotal Inspections
308
Driver Insp
308
Driver OOS
0
Vehicle Insp
174
Vehicle OOS
34
| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
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| Unsafe Driving | 25 | 0.77 | |
| HOS Compliance | 20 | 0.17 | |
| Driver Fitness | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 60 | 3.16 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (01-APR-25 – 31-OCT-25) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.