Carrier profile · USDOT 3225583 · MC-1010365 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

Safari Trucking LLC

21 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 33 statesLEXINGTON, NE87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1010365 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

21Power units

58 observed · MCS-150

57Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.5Avg age (yr)

2003–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(308) 270-1015 Email dispatchBUSINESS@SAFARITRUCKING.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 2, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average27.8% vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes4 crashes involving injuries are on 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 8 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2018.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

11 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

11 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Lessor pool

21 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.5 yr

Model years 2003–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

7 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2018 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

127 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 27.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 54 vehicle and 127 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 10.6 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

121 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 12

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

≈3.0 / 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: 21
Inspections · 24 mo: 127
Annualized: ≈64 / yr
Coverage: ≈3.0 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 Driving51 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 5 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 3 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 12 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 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 · 3 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Progressive Northern’22–’24

Southlake Specialty’24–’24

Ace Property’24–’25

beyond this history

20222023202420252026now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 3 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY OF THE SOUTH · since Dec 2025

All 3 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2024 → Dec 2025	$750K	1
SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2024 → Dec 2024	$750K	3
PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2022 → Feb 2024	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 21
Observed power (24 mo): 58
Trailers (towed): 57

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2003

Oldest model yr

71.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 33 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

127

NM busiest

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

Home base

LEXINGTON, NE

405 N WASHINGTON STREET

Top corridor

NM ⇄ NE

NM 14 · MO 10 · IL 9

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: 17 trucks also ran under 18 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3123161 USDOT 3354953 USDOT 868036 USDOT 4125068 USDOT 4100598 USDOT 4350378 USDOT 3849581 USDOT 4230213Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (82 trucks · 103 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 53467 USDOT 74481 USDOT 2435654 USDOT 3231456 USDOT 570779 USDOT 2643450 USDOT 4230213 USDOT 534856

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 405 N WASHINGTON STREET, LEXINGTON, NE, 68850
Mailing address: PO BOX 726, LEXINGTON, NE, 68850
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (308) 270-1015
Email: business@safaritrucking.com
Web domain: safaritrucking.com

Registration

Officer: Farhan Ali
USDOT / docket: 3225583 · MC-1010365
First registered: Dec 25, 2018
Last MCS-150: Nov 21, 2025 · 4,120,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

4,120,000

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 SAFARI TRUCKING LLC.

SAFARI TRUCKING LLC (USDOT 3225583) has a Vektor safety score of 87/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 2, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY OF THE SOUTH effective Dec 10, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 2, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 27.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier received 127 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 54 vehicle-level and 127 driver-level — across 33 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier has 11 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 2, 2026.

It reports 21 power units and 21 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 21, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SAFARI TRUCKING LLC's USDOT number?

SAFARI TRUCKING LLC's USDOT number is 3225583, and its motor carrier number is MC-1010365.

Is SAFARI TRUCKING LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 2, 2026, SAFARI TRUCKING LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SAFARI TRUCKING LLC's safety record?

SAFARI TRUCKING LLC has a 27.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 159 roadside inspections, with 11 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 87/100 (tier: clear).

How big is SAFARI TRUCKING LLC's fleet?

SAFARI TRUCKING LLC operates 21 power units and 21 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is SAFARI TRUCKING LLC based?

SAFARI TRUCKING LLC is based in LEXINGTON, NE, with roadside inspections recorded across 33 states.

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