VS CARRIERS INC

USDOT 2156343 · Doing business as VISTA TRANS

Active

Active, interstate carrier, large fleet (410 power units) — safety rating: satisfactory. Insurance filings show 1 coverage gap in this carrier's history.

USDOT2156343
MC NumberMC-757597
Fleet410 power units
Drivers405
Phone7739040023
LocationLake In The Hills, IL

Vetting summary

At a glance

  • Insurance on fileMS Transverse Insurance Company
  • Coverage gaps1 in filing history
  • Out-of-service rate15% vs 19.1% national avg
  • Crashes (24 months)50 reported — involvement does not imply fault

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 Number2156343
MC NumberMC-757597
Legal NameVS CARRIERS INC
DBA NameVISTA TRANS
Entity Type
Phone7739040023
Address8 PROSPER CT, Lake In The Hills, IL, 60156-9601

Status

Authority & safety

Operating StatusActive
Operation TypeInterstate
Safety RatingS — Satisfactory (rated 20190109)
Hazmat Flagfalse

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.

Filings

Insurance

Current InsurerMS Transverse Insurance Company
Coverage on File$1,000,000
Insurance on File Since2026-06-30

1 coverage gap detected in filing history.

InsurerCoverageFormEffectiveCancelled
MS Transverse Insurance Company$1,000,000BMC-352026-06-302026-06-30
MS Transverse Insurance Company$1,000,000BMC-91X2026-06-30
MS Transverse Insurance Company$1,000,000BMC-91X2025-06-30

Timeline

Authority history

Authority Events on Record2
  • 2014-09-10 — Reinstated — Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods) Active REINSTATED
  • 2026-06-30 — Revoked — Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods) Operating Authority Involuntary Suspension Notice

Our scoring

Safety scores

Unsafe Driving
85 / 100
Hours-of-Service Compliance
84 / 100
Driver Fitness
87 / 100
Controlled Substances & Alcohol
99 / 100
Vehicle Maintenance
74 / 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)

Inspections1033
Out-of-Service Rate15% vs 19.1% national average
Crashes50 total (2 fatal, 18 with injuries, 47 towaway)
  • 2026-07-08 — WY — towaway
  • 2026-06-15 — KY — towaway
  • 2026-05-12 — VA — 2 injured, towaway
  • 2026-03-30 — NJ — towaway
  • 2026-03-13 — OH — 1 injured, towaway

Most frequent violation categories: 12 (186), 20 (103), 16 (100).

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

Equipment

Fleet & operations

Power Units (trucks)410
Drivers405
Recent Annual Mileage63,602,000
Last MCS-150 Filing26-MAY-26

VS CARRIERS INC operates 410 power units — a larger fleet than 100% of carriers registered in IL.

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