SAND CREEK TRANSPORT INC

DOT# 466987 MC# 374353 Coon Rapids, MN Authorized For-Hire
(763) 516-0935 brad@sandcreektransportation.com 12860 Avocet St Nw, Coon Rapids MN 55448
7 tractors · all owned 8 drivers 785k mi/yr · ~112k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
34 yrs history · 23 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
7
Drivers · CDL
8 · 8
Annual miles
785k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 7 0 0 7
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (12-20-2002) · 23 yr old
Registered
01-02-1992 (34 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
02-10-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
BRAD BERKNER

Cargo

54.7
medium risk
General Freight Other: GRAVEL
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.

Not enough record to grade yet.

23 inspections and 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

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.

80% likely range 0.41×–1.81×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.4 vs 0.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.4
Similar fleets
0.4

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-6 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

Ask
Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (7 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.4 a year. The grade counts 3 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.39× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.55× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -12%: 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 estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Aug 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    40.0% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (4 of 10), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 1.12× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 4.3% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

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
23
56% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
40.0%
4 of 10
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
4.3%
1 of 23
National avg 6.7%
Violations
15
7 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 6 inspections, 2 out of service 6 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 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 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.143 0.039
Inspections 2.36 1.41
Violations 1.07 1.44
Critical violations 0.29 0.26

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

15 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    10 · 6 OOS
    Brakes 3 · Lights 3 · Tires 3 · Other parts 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    4 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 3 · Over hours limit 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Unsafe driving 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
  • Mar
    21
    2025
    Minnesota
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.
  • Dec
    3
    2024
    Missouri
    Property damage only
    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)
$1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
on record since Sep 1, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Mar 2002
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: NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY → GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. (Sep 2024); TRISURA INSURANCE COMPANY → NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY (Sep 2023)
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Sep 1, 2024, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Aug 23, 2024)

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
  • Iowa 10
  • Minnesota (HQ) 3
  • Colorado 2
  • Kansas 1
  • Missouri 1
  • Mississippi 1
  • Montana 1
  • New Mexico 1

13% of inspections were in its home state.