Carrier profile · USDOT 3176162 · MC-122690 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Force Transportation Inc

105 power unitsavg 7.6 yrNational · 37 statesJOHNSTON, IA74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-122690 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

105Power units

113 observed · MCS-150

98Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.6Avg age (yr)

1999–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(312) 858-7439 Email dispatchdenis@forcetransportation.net

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

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Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average42.5% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average7.5% vs the 6.7% national average.Multiple injury crashes13 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)On file

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo42.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

13 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)On file

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo42.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

13 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Lessor pool

105 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.6 yr

Model years 1999–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

8 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2018 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

239 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 42.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 7.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 127 vehicle and 239 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 9.8 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

230 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 22

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

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 105-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 105
Inspections · 24 mo: 239
Annualized: ≈120 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 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 Driving160 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance76 · 14 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance46 · 37 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance39 · 14 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 10 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 10 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 / liabilityNo active filing in current snapshot

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 8 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Wesco’18–’19

American Transportation’19–’20

Navigators’21–’22

Trisura Specialty’23–’24

Obsidian’24–’25

2018202020222024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

No active BIPD filing in FMCSA's current snapshot.

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2025 → Sep 2025	$750K	2
OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2024 → Jun 2025	$750K	5
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2023 → Jun 2024	$750K	3
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2022 → Jun 2023	$750K	1
NAVIGATORS INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2021 → Oct 2022	$750K	1
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	May 2021 → Oct 2021	$750K	1
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2020 → Oct 2020	$750K	2
AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION GROUP INSURANCE RRG	Oct 2019 → Oct 2020	$750K	2
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2018 → Oct 2019	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 105
Observed power (24 mo): 113
Trailers (towed): 98

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.6 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

77.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 37 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

238

KY busiest

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

Home base

JOHNSTON, IA

6165 NW 86TH ST SUITE 200

Top corridor

KY ⇄ IA

KY 18 · TN 16 · OH 15

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: 49 trucks also ran under 50 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2115832 USDOT 3945632 USDOT 61189 USDOT 3603390 USDOT 3472462 USDOT 3867923 USDOT 3793081 USDOT 4143821Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 151 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2020842 USDOT 3171739 USDOT 3465202 USDOT 3867186 USDOT 2640017 USDOT 3898679 USDOT 4139539 USDOT 4348742

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

105

Observed (24 mo)

113

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 6165 NW 86TH ST SUITE 200, JOHNSTON, IA, 50131
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (312) 858-7439
Email: denis@forcetransportation.net
Web domain: forcetransportation.net

Registration

Officer: Deniz Lekovikj
USDOT / docket: 3176162 · MC-122690
First registered: Aug 21, 2018
Last MCS-150: Jul 17, 2026 · 13,353,793 mi (2026)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 1.42
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

105

Power units

105

Drivers

105

CDL drivers

13,353,793

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

Aug 6, 2026Carrier record changePending · Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
Aug 6, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · Jun 17, 2026 · 750000
Aug 6, 2026Insurance filing1 · TINCA1118604 · 1000000
Aug 6, 2026Authority history changeMotor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
Aug 6, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · Aug 5, 2026 · 750000
Jun 23, 2026Carrier record changeInactive · Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
Jun 22, 2026Carrier record changeInactive · Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for FORCE TRANSPORTATION INC.

FORCE TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 3176162) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 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 no active BIPD insurance filing in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 42.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 239 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 127 vehicle-level and 239 driver-level — across 37 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 13 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 105 power units and 105 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 17, 2026.

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

Frequently asked

What is FORCE TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

FORCE TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 3176162, and its motor carrier number is MC-122690.

Is FORCE TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

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

What is FORCE TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

FORCE TRANSPORTATION INC has a 42.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 308 roadside inspections, with 13 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is FORCE TRANSPORTATION INC's fleet?

FORCE TRANSPORTATION INC operates 105 power units and 105 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is FORCE TRANSPORTATION INC based?

FORCE TRANSPORTATION INC is based in JOHNSTON, IA, with roadside inspections recorded across 37 states.

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