Carrier profile · USDOT 2515919 · MC-872917 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Otr Express Inc

46 power unitsavg 5.2 yrNational · 25 statesROMEOVILLE, IL81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-872917 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

46Power units

52 observed · MCS-150

53Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.2Avg age (yr)

2008–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(630) 290-5243 Email dispatchsafety@otr-express.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.3% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 12 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2014.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

46 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.2 yr

Model years 2008–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

12 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2014 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

179 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 25.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 79 vehicle and 179 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

21.1% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 3.9 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

168 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 13

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 46
Inspections · 24 mo: 179
Annualized: ≈90 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving85 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 23 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 4 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 9 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Artisan Truckers’20–’22

2014201720202023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Oct 2025

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2025 → Oct 2025	$750K	2
HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2024 → Oct 2025	$750K	5
ACCREDITED SURETY AND CASUALTY COMPANY, INC.	Jun 2024 → Oct 2024	$750K	3
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2023 → Jun 2024	$750K	1
WATFORD INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2022 → Jun 2023	$750K	1
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Jun 2020 → Jun 2022	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Jun 2019 → Jun 2020	$750K	1
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Jun 2018 → Jun 2019	$750K	1
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Dec 2014 → Sep 2015	$750K	1
SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	Jul 2014 → Dec 2014	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 46
Observed power (24 mo): 52
Trailers (towed): 53

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.2 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2008

Oldest model yr

91.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 25 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

179

TN busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

ROMEOVILLE, IL

720 PARKWOOD AVE

Top corridor

TN ⇄ IL

TN 25 · IL 16 · KY 14

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3738800Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (48 trucks · 20 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2520708 USDOT 2724854 USDOT 4053207 USDOT 3833145 USDOT 4456811 USDOT 2256091 USDOT 3106143 USDOT 3114510

Shares a company officer with other carriers

edmundas kersnauskis — 2 carriers: USDOT 1793971

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 720 PARKWOOD AVE, ROMEOVILLE, IL, 60446
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (630) 290-5243
Email: safety@otr-express.com
Web domain: otr-express.com

Registration

Officer: Edmundas Kersnauskis
USDOT / docket: 2515919 · MC-872917
First registered: Jun 16, 2014
Last MCS-150: Aug 4, 2025 · 3,341,448 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,341,448

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for OTR EXPRESS INC.

OTR EXPRESS INC (USDOT 2515919) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Oct 25, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 179 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 79 vehicle-level and 179 driver-level — across 25 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 46 power units and 46 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 4, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is OTR EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

OTR EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 2515919, and its motor carrier number is MC-872917.

Is OTR EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, OTR EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is OTR EXPRESS INC's safety record?

OTR EXPRESS INC has a 25.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 264 roadside inspections, with 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is OTR EXPRESS INC's fleet?

OTR EXPRESS INC operates 46 power units and 46 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is OTR EXPRESS INC based?

OTR EXPRESS INC is based in ROMEOVILLE, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 25 states.

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