QUEST LINER INC

USDOT 1609038 · Doing business as QUEST LINER

Active

Active, interstate carrier, large fleet (344 power units) — no FMCSA safety rating on record (common).

USDOT1609038
MC NumberMC-595010
Fleet344 power units
Drivers239
Phone5635842670
LocationDubuque, IA

Vetting summary

At a glance

  • Out-of-service rate11% vs 19.1% national avg
  • Crashes (24 months)20 reported — involvement does not imply fault
  • Linked registrations7 share this carrier's phone or address

These signals summarize the records shown below — they are a starting point for your own checks, not a judgment of the carrier.

Registration

Carrier identity

USDOT Number1609038
MC NumberMC-595010
Legal NameQUEST LINER INC
DBA NameQUEST LINER
Entity Type
Phone5635842670
Address501 BELL ST, Dubuque, IA, 52001

Status

Authority & safety

Operating StatusActive
Operation TypeInterstate
Safety RatingNone on record — most carriers have not received a formal FMCSA safety rating.
Hazmat Flagtrue

Safety ratings: S = Satisfactory, C = Conditional, U = Unsatisfactory. A carrier with no rating has not been through a full FMCSA compliance review — this is common and not itself a red flag.

Our scoring

Safety scores

Unsafe Driving
82 / 100
Hours-of-Service Compliance
83 / 100
Driver Fitness
86 / 100
Controlled Substances & Alcohol
0 / 100
Vehicle Maintenance
71 / 100

Scores are 0-100 rankings computed by us from public FMCSA inspection measures; higher = worse relative to peers. Not official CSA/BASIC percentiles. How these scores are computed.

Safety events

Inspections & crashes (last 24 months)

Inspections501
Out-of-Service Rate11% vs 19.1% national average
Crashes20 total (2 fatal, 4 with injuries, 19 towaway)
  • 2026-03-16 — IA — towaway
  • 2026-02-13 — LA — 1 fatal, 1 injured, towaway
  • 2026-01-27 — MI — 1 injured, towaway
  • 2026-01-05 — TX — towaway
  • 2025-09-16 — TX — towaway

Most frequent violation categories: 16 (142), 20 (69), 12 (41).

Crash involvement does not imply fault. FMCSA crash records list all reportable crashes involving a carrier, regardless of who caused them.

Signals

Linked registrations

7 other active carrier registrations share this carrier's phone or address in FMCSA records.

USDOT 46257 · USDOT 307930 · USDOT 647263 · USDOT 737573 · USDOT 907986

Shared contact details can have many ordinary explanations, such as a shared dispatch service, registration agent, or office address.

Equipment

Fleet & operations

Power Units (trucks)344
Drivers239
Recent Annual Mileage22,006,141
Last MCS-150 Filing21-OCT-25

QUEST LINER INC operates 344 power units — a larger fleet than 100% of carriers registered in IA.

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