INNOVATIVE TRANSPORT SYSTEM INC

DOT# 426344 MC# 200276 DUNS# 175550276 New Hope, MN Authorized For-Hire
(612) 521-7357 pete@innovativetransport.com 8401 54th Ave N No, New Hope MN 55428-4567
16 tractors · all leased 16 drivers 1.1M mi/yr · ~68k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 68.4 / 100
Low confidence
36 yrs history · 34 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
16
Drivers · CDL
16 · 16
Annual miles
1.1M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 0 16 0 16
Trailers 25 15 0 40

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (03-11-1991) · 35 yr old
Registered
11-02-1990 (36 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
01-28-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
PETER HANSON
Officer
ALEX CHRISTIAN

Cargo

67.5
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Oilfield Equipment General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Construction Water Well
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, Machinery Large, Oilfield Equipment, 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 a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 10–19 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 0.83×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.6 vs 0.7 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.6
Similar fleets
0.7
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.7 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.49× 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.

  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 12 of 37 violations (32%). Brake or light defects led to 3 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    37.5% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (6 of 16), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 1.01× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
34
62% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
37.5%
6 of 16
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 34
National avg 6.7%
Violations
37
6 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 7 inspections, 1 out of service 7 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 7 inspections, 2 out of service 7 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 5 inspections, 2 out of service 5 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q3 '26
vs 16,659 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.031 0.031
Inspections 1.53 1.11
Violations 1.16 0.89
Critical violations 0.09 0.17

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 10–19 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

37 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    34 · 6 OOS
    Brakes 12 · Lights 12 · Cargo securement 6 · Steering & suspension 1 · Tires 1 · 2 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • 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
    18
    2025
    Louisiana
    Property damage only
    Daylight, one-way trafficway not divided.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$750,000 · Sentry Select Insurance Company
on record since Aug 1, 2020 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Aug 1994
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
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 19, 1987)

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
  • Minnesota (HQ) 8
  • South Dakota 5
  • Missouri 4
  • Ohio 3
  • Indiana 2
  • Michigan 2
  • Pennsylvania 2
  • Iowa 1

24% of inspections were in its home state.