LARRY'S CARTAGE CO INC

DOT# 212942 MC# 161970 Hazel Crest, IL Authorized For-Hire
(630) 920-0772 kmaloney@ldcartage.com 16760 Richmond Avenue, Hazel Crest IL 60429
90 tractors 74 drivers 4M mi/yr · ~44k per unit
HazMat
Satisfactory
FRED Score 71.6 / 100
Moderate confidence
44 yrs history · 47 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
90
Drivers · CDL
74 · 74
Annual miles
4M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 60 30 0 90
Trailers 83 100 0 183

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (06-25-2015) · 11 yr old
Registered
05-25-1982 (44 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
01-29-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
MICHAEL J KNIGHT

Cargo

56.9
medium risk
Intermodal Containers General Freight Fresh Produce Paper Products Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
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 50–99 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 0.6× as often as the median active fleet of 50–99 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.80×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.8 vs 2.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–4 crashes
This motor carrier
1.8
Similar fleets
2.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~5%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 2.2 a year. The grade counts 6 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.67× the rate expected for its inspections. 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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 2.1% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 5

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
47
51% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
25.0%
6 of 24
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
2.1%
1 of 47
National avg 6.7%
Violations
48
6 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 7 inspections, 2 out of service 7 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 5 inspections, 1 out of service 5 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 9 inspections, 3 out of service 9 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 7 inspections, 0 out of service 7 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 4,520 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.011 0.025
Inspections 0.37 0.91
Violations 0.27 0.53
Critical violations 0.06 0.11

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 50–99 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

48 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    29 · 5 OOS
    Brakes 12 · Lights 12 · Tires 3 · Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    10 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 7 · Speeding 2 · Phone use 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    8 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 5 · Over hours limit 3
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    Other qualification 1
  • 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
  • Mar
    18
    2026
    Illinois
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Wet road, daylight, fog, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jan
    22
    2025
    Iowa
    Property damage only
    Snow road, daylight, snow, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · National Interstate Insurance Company
on record since Apr 1, 2023 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Oct 1994
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
Broker or forwarder bond
required · none on file
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Aug 17, 2017)

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) 18
  • Wisconsin 17
  • Indiana 7
  • Iowa 4
  • Michigan 1

38% of inspections were in its home state.