Carrier profile · USDOT 324877 · MC-212216 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Butler Transport Inc

DBA BUTLER TRANSPORT

304 power unitsavg 5.4 yrNational · 33 statesKANSAS CITY, KS81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-212216 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

304Power units

279 observed · MCS-150

335Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.4Avg age (yr)

2007–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(913) 321-0047 Email dispatchbilltaylor@butlertransport.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 30, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average23.2% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record22 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 38 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1988.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo23.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

28 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo23.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

28 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

304 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.4 yr

Model years 2007–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

38 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1988 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

587 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 23.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 254 vehicle and 587 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

24.6% · 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 3.5 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

557 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 38

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 304-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 304
Inspections · 24 mo: 587
Annualized: ≈294 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 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 Driving238 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance84 · 29 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance52 · 11 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 24 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 13 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 1 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: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 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

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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 · 11 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

International Business’92–’97

Wilshire’03–’08

Cherokee’12–now

1992200120102019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 15 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jul 2025

All 15 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2012 → Jul 2025	$750K	9
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2011 → Jun 2011	$750K	1
CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2011 → Jun 2011	$750K	3
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2010 → Aug 2011	$750K	3
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2008 → Jun 2010	$750K	1
WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2003 → Jun 2008	$750K	3
PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INS. CO.	Apr 2003 → Apr 2003	$750K	2
LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2002 → Apr 2003	$750K	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Apr 2001 → Apr 2002	$750K	2
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNDERWRITERS INS.(AIU)	Mar 2001 → Apr 2001	$750K	1
EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, A MUTUAL CO.	Apr 2000 → Mar 2001	$750K	2
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS & MERC. REASS. CO.	Apr 1999 → Apr 2000	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Apr 1998 → Apr 1999	$750K	1
THE RELIANCE INSURANCE CO.	Apr 1997 → Apr 1998	$750K	2
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS & MERC. REASS. CO.	Jun 1992 → Apr 1997	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 304
Observed power (24 mo): 279
Trailers (towed): 335

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2007

Oldest model yr

56.7%

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

586

KS busiest

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

Home base

KANSAS CITY, KS

347 NORTH JAMES STREET

Top corridor

KS 85 · MO 74 · IL 55

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: 3 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 257343 USDOT 3795043Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (83 trucks · 72 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3488612 USDOT 4299240 USDOT 83516 USDOT 3762247 USDOT 3135384 USDOT 3716589 USDOT 1540868 USDOT 3031364

Shares a company officer with other carriers

bill taylor — 8 carriers: USDOT 432545 USDOT 1177820 USDOT 1988328 USDOT 2381413 USDOT 2645765 USDOT 2716496 USDOT 3199319

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

304

Observed (24 mo)

279

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: 347 NORTH JAMES STREET, KANSAS CITY, KS, 66118
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (913) 321-0047
Fax: (913) 321-2367
Email: billtaylor@butlertransport.com
Web domain: butlertransport.com

Registration

Officer: Bill Taylor
USDOT / docket: 324877 · MC-212216
First registered: Aug 11, 1988
Last MCS-150: Jan 21, 2026 · 29,766,768 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · May 24, 2023
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

304

Power units

308

Drivers

—CDL drivers

29,766,768

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 BUTLER TRANSPORT INC.

BUTLER TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 324877) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jul 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 23.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier received 587 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 254 vehicle-level and 587 driver-level — across 33 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier has 28 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 22 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 30, 2026.

It reports 304 power units and 308 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 21, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned May 24, 2023 in the federal record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BUTLER TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

BUTLER TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 324877, and its motor carrier number is MC-212216.

Is BUTLER TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 30, 2026, BUTLER TRANSPORT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BUTLER TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

BUTLER TRANSPORT INC has a 23.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 935 roadside inspections, with 28 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is BUTLER TRANSPORT INC's fleet?

BUTLER TRANSPORT INC operates 304 power units and 308 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is BUTLER TRANSPORT INC based?

BUTLER TRANSPORT INC is based in KANSAS CITY, KS, with roadside inspections recorded across 33 states.

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