THEODORE JOHNSON

USDOT 2505101 · Doing business as ELITE COMMODITY EXPRESS

Active

Active, interstate carrier, small fleet (18 power units) — safety rating: conditional.

USDOT2505101
MC NumberMC-870742
Fleet18 power units
Drivers9
Phone4023660343
LocationSurprise, NE

Vetting summary

At a glance

  • Insurance on fileAuto-Owners Insurance Company
  • Out-of-service rate7.4% vs 19.1% national avg
  • Crashes (24 months)3 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 Number2505101
MC NumberMC-870742
Legal NameTHEODORE JOHNSON
DBA NameELITE COMMODITY EXPRESS
Entity Type
Phone4023660343
Address280 26TH RD, Surprise, NE, 68667

Status

Authority & safety

Operating StatusActive
Operation TypeInterstate
Safety RatingC — Conditional (rated 20260121)
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 InsurerAuto-Owners Insurance Company
Coverage on File$750,000
Insurance on File Since2018-08-01
InsurerCoverageFormEffectiveCancelled
Auto-Owners Insurance$750,000BMC-91X2018-08-01

Timeline

Authority history

Authority Events on Record1
  • 2018-08-03 — Reinstated — Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods) Active REINSTATED

Our scoring

Safety scores

Unsafe Driving
95 / 100
Hours-of-Service Compliance
94 / 100
Driver Fitness
0 / 100
Controlled Substances & Alcohol
0 / 100
Vehicle Maintenance
84 / 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)

Inspections27
Out-of-Service Rate7.4% vs 19.1% national average
Crashes3 total (0 fatal, 2 with injuries, 3 towaway)
  • 2026-03-04 — TN — towaway
  • 2025-02-18 — MO — 1 injured, towaway
  • 2024-10-01 — GA — 2 injured, towaway
  • 2024-05-04 — NE — towaway
  • 2024-01-15 — NE — 2 injured, towaway

Most frequent violation categories: 2 (13), 12 (9), 20 (4).

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)18
Drivers9
Recent Annual Mileage770,000
Last MCS-150 Filing21-JUN-26

THEODORE JOHNSON operates 18 power units — a larger fleet than 98% of carriers registered in NE.

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