NEWS TRANSPORTATION INC
USDOT 3968153MC-Docket MC1482007NAPERVILLE, IL
Review before tendering25 power units
NEWS TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 3968153) in NAPERVILLE, IL — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file: $1,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Current BIPD policy (AMERICAN INTER-FIDELITY EXCHANGE) was filed 27 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2026-04-16) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0 not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 4 times, most recent 2026-04-16 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 3.55
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.01
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.05
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0.05
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 5.24
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Crashes
89
Inspections
15
OOS inspections
17
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 25
- Total drivers
- 25
- Years in business
- 4
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 1 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 3.2%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 31.6%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 4 times last 2026-04-16
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-02-10
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
108
Inspections
15
OOS inspections
115
Violations
19
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-10-02 → 2026-06-10.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-09-17
MO
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Unsafe driving 392
|
58 | 2 | 2026-04-26 |
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
40 | 11 | 2026-05-28 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
13 | 6 | 2026-04-16 |
Hours of service 395
|
2 | 1 | 2025-07-08 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2025-04-03 |
Financial responsibility (insurance) 387
|
1 | 0 | 2024-12-13 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative | — |
| 2026-04-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2026-04-21 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2026-04-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating an out-of-service vehicle | — |
| 2026-04-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking - Connection to Power Unit | OOS |
| 2026-04-10 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Using a hand-held mobile telephone | — |
| 2026-02-11 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding work/construction zone | — |
| 2025-12-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-12-15 | Unsafe Driving | Driver- Inattentive or Distracted Driving | — |
| 2025-10-28 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-10-09 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-08-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Fuel - Dripping leak. | OOS |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Contaminated friction surface | — |
| 2025-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Contaminated friction surface | — |
| 2025-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2025-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Wheel seal leaking - inner wheel | OOS |
| 2025-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2025-07-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2025-07-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damage into the outer reinforcement ply. | OOS |
| 2025-07-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2025-07-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-07-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-07-08 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2025-07-08 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Record of Duty Status violation (general/form and manner) | — |
| 2025-06-07 | Unsafe Driving | Lane Restriction violation | — |
| 2025-05-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Axle positioning parts defective/missing | OOS |
| 2025-05-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/defective brakes | — |
| 2025-05-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Heavy Vehicles/Equipment - Improper securement of heavy vehicles equipment or machinery with crawler tracks or wheels | OOS |
| 2025-05-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Fails air loss rate test | OOS |
| 2025-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2025-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2025-05-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2025-04-25 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-04-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Improperly joined such as a splice made by sliding the hose ends over a piece of tubing and clamping the hos | OOS |
| 2025-04-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-04-03 | Driver Fitness | Driving a CMV while CDL is suspended for a safety-related or unknown reason and in state of driver's license issuance | OOS |
| 2025-03-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2025-02-10 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-01-28 | Controlled Substances/​Alcohol | Driver on duty and in possession of a narcotic drug / amphetamine | OOS |
| 2024-09-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2024-09-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2024-09-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 and each single unit C | — |
| 2024-09-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2024-09-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lubrication - Oil or grease leak | — |
| 2024-09-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Trailers side retro reflective sheeting inadequate on vehicle manufactured on or after December 1 | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-05-28 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A | OOS | — |
2026-04-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTL | — | — |
2026-04-23 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LLPL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSML | — | — |
2026-04-22 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2026-04-21 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTL | — | — |
2026-04-21 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2026-04-16 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2PC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 9C2 | — | — |
2026-04-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLDL | — | — |
2026-04-10 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 82DUMT | — | Conviction of a Different Charge |
2026-03-30 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLED | — | — |
2026-02-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSWZ | — | — |
2026-02-05 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2025-12-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
2025-12-18 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLED | — | — |
2025-12-15 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-INAT | — | — |
2025-12-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTL | — | — |
2025-11-18 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
2025-10-28 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
2025-10-09 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
2025-09-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLED | — | — |
2025-09-01 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLED | — | — |
2025-08-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTL | — | — |
2025-08-19 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLED | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLED | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2025-08-08 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-F | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A-BCFSBD | — | — |
2025-07-22 7 viols· 4 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSLIW | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A-BCFSBD | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BOS | OOS | — |
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