DANIKO TRANS INC

DOT# 3913355 MC# 1445298 Palatine, IL Authorized For-Hire
(704) 490-3938 safety@danikotransinc.com 1321 E Wyndham Cir Apt 101, Palatine IL 60074
190 tractors · all owned 198 drivers
Strong
FRED Score 90.0 / 100
Moderate confidence
4 yrs history · 110 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
190
Drivers · CDL
198 · 198
Annual miles
2.3M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 190 0 0 190
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
07-07-2022 (4 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-28-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
MARAT RAISSOV

Cargo

64.0
medium risk
General Freight
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.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.40× similar fleets) would put it in Excellent; this rule holds it at Strong:

  • Excellent withheld: driver-behaviour relativity above 1.0×

The downside is never capped.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Expected crash rate is about half that of similar fleets.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 100–199 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 0.40×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
2.1 vs 5.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–5 crashes
This motor carrier
2.1
Similar fleets
5.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~6%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Much better than peers. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 5.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.87× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +8%: 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.
  • Lapse in liability filings
    No liability filing on FMCSA's file since Mar 25, 2026 (50 days through May 14, 2026) while the authority required one. Not in the grade.
    Ask: what covered the fleet during the gap.
  • Drivers put out of service
    15 out-of-service violations against drivers: 8 no valid CDL, 3 hours of service, 3 English proficiency (Dec 2024 – Sep 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 17 of 106 violations (16%). Brake or light defects led to 5 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Falsified logs
    2 false-log violations in 24 months.
    Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
  • Driver out-of-service rate
    10.0% of driver inspections end out of service vs 6.7% nationally (11 of 110), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 1.14× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 5
  • High speeding: 9
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
110
52% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
18.5%
12 of 65
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
10.0%
11 of 110
National avg 6.7%
Violations
106
29 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 16 inspections, 2 out of service 16 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 11 inspections, 1 out of service 11 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 12 inspections, 2 out of service 12 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 8 inspections, 2 out of service 8 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 7 inspections, 1 out of service 7 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 5 inspections, 1 out of service 5 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 14 inspections, 3 out of service 14 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 37 inspections, 11 out of service 37 Q3 '26
vs 1,871 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.008 0.024
Inspections 0.38 0.91
Violations 0.28 0.51
Critical violations 0.07 0.10

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 100–199 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

106 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    58 · 14 OOS
    Brakes 17 · Lights 17 · Cargo securement 7 · Wheels & hubs 6 · Tires 3 · 8 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    21 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 9 · Reckless / lane 8 · Phone use 1 · Seat belt 1 · Other 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    14 · 12 OOS
    No valid CDL 9 · English proficiency 4 · Medical certificate 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    13 · 3 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 6 · No log 3 · False log 2 · Over hours limit 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
  • Jul
    17
    2025
    Iowa
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Mar
    20
    2025
    North Carolina
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.

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)
No liability filing on FMCSA's record through May 14, 2026.
Last filing: MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY, ended Mar 25, 2026 (cancellation notice took effect).
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, 2 changes: INTEGON INDEMNITY CORPORATION → MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY (May 2025); ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY → INTEGON INDEMNITY CORPORATION (May 2024)
  • 5 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Mar 25, 2026, not replaced on FMCSA's record); 3 replaced before they took effect
  • No liability filing on FMCSA's file since Mar 25, 2026 (50 days through May 14, 2026) while the authority required one
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 3

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Mar 2, 2026)

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
  • California 13
  • New Mexico 10
  • North Carolina 7
  • Alabama 6
  • Indiana 6
  • Arkansas 5
  • Ohio 5
  • Washington 5

Runs well beyond its home state: 2 of 110 inspections were in Illinois.