MD TRANS SERVICES LLC

USDOT 2628697MC-Docket MC914531WILLOWBROOK, IL
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MD TRANS SERVICES LLC (USDOT 2628697) in WILLOWBROOK, 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 is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
  • No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
  • 1 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2017-05-22 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
  • Current BIPD policy (CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY) was filed 27 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2025-09-17) — 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.
  • Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are at or below the national roadside average.
  • 3 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
  • No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
  • No link to a prior revoked authority.
  • Authority involuntarily revoked 3 times, most recent 2025-09-17 — 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

Safety rating
Unrated

BASIC safety measures

Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 4.77
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.15
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.01
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 8.78

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
1
Injuries
3
Crashes
31
Inspections
1
OOS inspections
2
OOS violations

Insurance

BIPD on file
$750,000 below $1M baseline
Cargo insurance
No
Bond on file
No

Fleet

Power units
12
Total drivers
12
Years in business
11
Hazmat authority
No

Crash risk

Preventable crashes (24 mo)
3 of 3 total crash(es)
Recordable crash rate
0
Driver OOS rate
0%
Vehicle OOS rate
16.7%

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
3 times last 2025-09-17
Physical address
No address flags
Federal OOS / safety action
None on file
MCS-150 self-report
2025-07-24
Insurance lapse history
1 lapse(s) most recent 2017-05-22
Last compliance review
None on file

Inspection history (all-time)

56
Inspections
4
OOS inspections
74
Violations
6
OOS violations
2
Post-accident

Record spans 2023-05-29 → 2026-04-22.

Crash history (last 24 months)

2025-02-15 SC 1 injuredTow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: NO· No Adverse Conditions, Daylight, Dry
2025-02-11 TN Tow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: PENDING· Unknown, Dark - Unknown Roadway Lighting, Wet
2024-12-10 NC Tow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: UNKNOWN· Rain, Dark - Not Lighted, Wet

Violation pattern (all-time, by area)

Area (49 CFR part) Violations Out of service Most recent
Unsafe driving 392
28 0 2026-04-22
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
23 5 2026-04-20
Hours of service 395
10 4 2025-06-23
CDL standards 383
1 1 2024-09-18
Driver qualifications 391
1 0 2024-05-09

Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)

Date Category Violation OOS
2026-03-25 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit
2026-02-19 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable Required Lamp
2026-01-30 Unsafe Driving Driver - Failed to activate hazard warning signal flashers
2025-11-04 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. OOS
2025-11-04 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative.
2025-11-04 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - Hose/tubing damage into the outer reinforcement ply. OOS
2025-11-04 Vehicle Maintenance Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper
2025-09-09 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit
2025-09-09 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information.
2025-09-05 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - Headlamp(s) fail to operate on low and high beam
2025-09-05 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative
2025-08-16 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit
2025-06-23 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative
2025-06-23 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998
2025-06-23 Vehicle Maintenance Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper
2025-06-23 Vehicle Maintenance Fuel - Missing/improper filler cap
2025-06-23 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner
2025-06-20 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable head lamps
2025-06-17 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l
2024-09-07 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit
2024-06-14 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit
2024-05-20 Vehicle Maintenance Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper
2024-05-20 Vehicle Maintenance Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers
2024-05-16 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperative turn signal
2024-05-12 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative
2024-05-09 Vehicle Maintenance Brake hose or tubing chafing and/or kinking OOS
2024-05-09 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperative turn signal
2024-05-09 Hours-of-Service Compliance Drivers record of duty status not current
2024-05-09 Vehicle Maintenance Brake connections with leaks or constrictions
2024-05-09 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable Required Lamp
2024-05-09 Driver Fitness Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on file with the state driver

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.

2026-04-22 AR · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLEWG2
2026-04-20 IL · Level 2 3 viols· 2 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75A4 OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75A4 OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 78
2026-03-25 IN · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLS4
2026-02-19 TX · Level 2 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9
2026-01-30 LA · Level 3 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 22A-D
Unsafe driving 392 22B-DFPWD
2025-11-04 IN · Level 2 5 viols· 2 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLEWA1
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 95F
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45B2-BHTD OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9A-LSLI
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9A-LTSI OOS
2025-10-28 KY · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLL
2025-08-16 WV · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLS2
2025-07-07 AR · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLEWA1
2025-06-23 MO · Level 2 5 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 55E-B
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9A-LHLI
Hours of service 395 24
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 67C7V-F
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 95F
2025-06-20 TX · Level 1 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9H
2025-06-17 WI · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLTCD
2025-04-12 WV · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLS1
2025-03-31 IN · Level 2 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLIFTA
2024-11-04 SC · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLS1
2024-09-27 AR · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2
2024-09-18 IL · Level 3 5 violsPost-accident
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
CDL standards 383 51(a) OOS
Hours of service 395 8(e)(1) OOS
Hours of service 395 8(f)(1)
Hours of service 395 3(a)(2) OOS
Hours of service 395 3(a)(3)(i) OOS
2024-09-11 AR · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2
2024-09-07 IN · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2
2024-06-22 IL · Level 2 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2
2024-06-14 TN · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2
2024-06-14 SC · Level 3 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2
Unsafe driving 392 2
2024-05-22 IL · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2
2024-05-20 TX · Level 2 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 78
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 95(f)
2024-05-16 IL · Level 2 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9(a)

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