CSA
Authorized · PropertyUSDOT 1816563· MC659574· CARRIER· EIN 26-3323889
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COLMAN TRANSPORTATION INC

301 S FLORENCE AVE, COLMAN, SD, 57017-940316056842146tiffany@colmantransportation.comRICHARD WESTOVER
Vetting snapshot
Authority
Active
operating authority
Insurance
$1M BIPD
Great West Casualty Co
Vehicle OOS
12.5%
below 22% national avg
Driver OOS
0%
below 6.7% national avg
Crashes 24mo
0
clean
Red flags
None
nothing flagged
100
/ 100

Risk factors

Low riskVioCodes score
No red flags in the public FMCSA record

A weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.

Authority & insurance

MC659574

Operating authority and insurance on file — from FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I).

Common
Active
Contract
None
Broker
None
Authorized for: Property
Liability (BIPD)
$1M on file
$750K required
Cargo
Not on file
not required
Bond / surety
Not on file
not required
Insurance filings
ON FILELiability (BIPD) — BMC-91X$1M coverageeff 04/30/2021
Great West Casualty Co· policy MCP70512A
Authority history (2) ▾
09/24/2018COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATIONDISCONTINUED REVOCATION (09/28/2018)
10/22/2008MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIERGRANTED
Insurance history5 insurers on record
Filing timeline (6)
  1. GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.$4MCancelled
    BIPD/Excess · eff 04/30/202105/30/2023
  2. THE PHOENIX INSURANCE CO$750KReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 10/19/201804/30/2021
  3. THE PHOENIX INSURANCE CO$1MCancelled
    BIPD/Primary · eff 04/30/200910/19/2018
  4. TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA$750KCancelled
    CARGO · eff 04/30/200910/19/2018
  5. THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.$750KReplaced
    CARGO · eff 10/01/200804/30/2009
  6. THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.$1MReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 10/01/200804/30/2009

Source: FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I), public data. This shows the carrier’s federal insurance filings (BMC-91X liability, BMC-34 cargo) — the federally-required minimums on file for operating authority — not the carrier’s full commercial policy (its actual auto combined-single-limit, general liability, cargo, or workers’ comp, which appear on the carrier’s ACORD certificate of insurance). Always confirm current coverage with a COI from the carrier’s agent before making a vetting decision.

Roadside inspection performance

Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.

Vehicle8 inspections · 12.5% OOS · National 22%
Driver21 inspections · 0% OOS · National 6.7%

CSA performance breakdown

FMCSA · Sep 2026

21 inspections · 14 violations (1 OOS) · 3% of inspections had an OOS finding.

21
Inspections
14
Violations
1
OOS violations
9
Distinct codes

Violations by BASIC

click to filter codes

14
total

Most inspected in · top 8 states

  • CA3
  • NM3
  • MT3
  • SD3
  • ND3
  • OH2
  • IA2
  • MN2

Latest FMCSA SMS snapshot. Codes link to the lookup — severity weighting, contest angles, and the DataQs Drafter for each. Click a BASIC to filter the codes.

Recommendations

What’s driving each score, what to do about it, and where it could go.

Speeding violations are the leading contributor to Unsafe Driving

Low impact

Estimated Unsafe Driving percentile of 33% is under the 65% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What’s contributing7 violations (24 mo)
Speeding4 viol70%
  • 392.2-SLLS2State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit3× · 38%
  • 392.2-SLLS4State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit1× · 32%
Other1 viol16%
  • 392.2-INATDriver- Inattentive or Distracted Driving1× · 16%
Following / lane / reckless2 viol14%
  • 392.2-SLLLRState/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation2× · 14%
What to do
  • Coach the drivers with speeding violations directly — Unsafe Driving points are weighted heavily
  • Set and enforce a governed road speed; review telematics/dashcam speed events weekly
Projected estimatecould improve up to 22 pts in ~12 mo
nowin 12 months
Current trend 50% followed 100% followed 65% line

Driver Fitness needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Driver Fitness percentile of 0% is under the 80% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Controlled Substances/Alcohol needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Controlled Substances/Alcohol percentile of 0% is under the 80% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Recommendations are generated from the carrier’s public FMCSA roadside-inspection record. Percentiles and projections are VioCodes estimates, not official FMCSA figures. Informational, not legal advice.

90-day safety improvement plan

What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.

Trending worse
1
Inspections
1
Violations
1
Out-of-service
0
Clean
Where the violations are
Vehicle Maintenance 100%
Focus here first
1Vehicle Maintenance
1 violation · 1 OOS · 100% of recent
  • 396.3A1-BALACBrake - Audible air leak from a brake chamber · OOS
Do this
  • Check brake adjustment and listen for air leaks every pre-trip
  • Fix air-loss and warning-light faults before dispatch; put brakes on the PM schedule
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Turn these into driver coaching — and prove it
FleetTrained (my companion project) makes branded, multilingual training videos for these exact violations — your driver watches and gets a completion certificate for the file.

Based on roadside inspections in the last 90 days, ranked by what recurs most. Informational, not legal advice.

Inspection & crash map

live · FMCSA MCMIS

Every inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).

29
Inspections
14
Violations
1
Out-of-service
81
CSA points
10
Crashes
21
States
cleanviolOOS

CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.

Equipment

VINs via NHTSA

35 distinct vehicles seen in this carrier’s roadside inspections.

21 trailer 13 truck 1 multipurpose passenger vehicle (mpv)
2024 FREIGHTLINER Cascadiaseen 8×
3AKJHHFG3RSVH4211· PR50602 SD
2018 GREAT DANE TRAILERSseen 3×
1GRDM9629JH128829· 13708P SD
2023 FREIGHTLINER Cascadiaseen 3×
3AKJHHD15PSNY1998· PR46087 SD
2023 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailersseen 3×
1GR4M9620PH447643· 24550P SD
2024 FREIGHTLINER Cascadiaseen 3×
3AKJHHFG7RSVH4213· PR51009 SD
2022 FREIGHTLINER Cascadiaseen 2×
3AKJHHD14NSNB6990· PR43512 SD
2020 FREIGHTLINER Cascadiaseen 2×
3AKJGLD17LSKW4983· PR47427 SD
2018 GREAT DANE TRAILERSseen 2×
1GRDM9627JH128828· 13707P SD
2021 FREIGHTLINER Cascadiaseen 2×
3AKJHHD12MSMR0439· PR41827 SD
2022 FREIGHTLINER Cascadiaseen 2×
3AKJHHD1XNSNE3160· PR44344 SD
1986 KENWORTH T600seen 2×
3WKAD49X6GF102772· PR29548 SD
2021 SMITHCO MANUFACTURING SMITHCO MANUFACTURINGseen 2×
1S9SS4439ML476984· 19550P SD
2024 X-L SPECIALIZED TRAILERS INC X-L SPECIALIZED TRAILERS INCseen 2×
4U3B0502XRL023276· 26678P SD
1986 KENWORTH T600
1XKAD49X8GR102771· PR29736 SD
2008 TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES
1TKB048368W035609· 18653P SD
2021 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers
1GR4M9627MH304278· 18084P SD
1993 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers
1GRDM9620PH447643· 24550P SD
2007 PETERBILT 379
1XP5DBTX07N743039· PR26622 SD
2020 TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES
1TKB04835LM113270· 18104P SD
2023 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers
1GR4M9627PH447641· 24548P SD
1997 CHEVROLET Blazer
1GNDT13W0VK235547· 137068 SD
2021 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers
1GR4M9620MH304283· 18089P SD
2025 X-L SPECIALIZED TRAILERS INC X-L SPECIALIZED TRAILERS INC
4U3B04827SL024180· 28432P SD
2018 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia
3AKJGLD18JSKB0651· PR35370 SD
2011 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers
1GRDM0628BH713589· 11169P SD
2021 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers
1GR4M9629MH304282· 18088P SD
2020 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia
3AKJGLD1XLDKW4982· PR38672 SD
2018 GREAT DANE TRAILERS
1GRDM9623JH128826· 13705P SD
2014 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers
1GRDM9626EH721277· 94304 SD
2014 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers
1GRDM9622EH721275· 94302 SD

+ 5 more.

Equipment is inferred from VINs recorded on roadside inspections (FMCSA MCMIS), decoded via the NHTSA vPIC API — it reflects vehicles inspected, not a current fleet roster.

Company profile

FMCSA census

AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Power units
22
on file (MCS-150)
Drivers
13
13 hold a CDL
Annual mileage
0.8M mi
reported 2025
Recordable crash rate
0.00
per million miles
How far they run · drivers by operating lane
  • Interstate · 100+ mi13 drivers
Company officer
RICHARD WESTOVER
Operation
Interstate
D-U-N-S
830400961
Registered since
2008-10-01
Last MCS-150 update
2026-06-18
Census status
Active

Fleet: 22 trucks · 19 owned tractors · 49 owned trailers.

Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.

Connections

carrier graph

This carrier shares VINs with 3 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.

3
Connected carriers
3
Fleet-transfer links
4
Most shared VINs
1
Strong links
Strong· 1
1
JARROD SANDBULTE TRUCKING INC
USDOT 1136726Active· LUVERNE, MN
Strong
Shared VIN · 4
1GR4M9629PH4476421GRDM9623JH1288261GR4M9629MH3042821GR4M9627PH447641
Medium· 2
DAN VAN HECKE
USDOT 2609008Active· TRENT, SD
Medium
Shared VIN · 2
1GR4M9627MH3042781GR4M9629PH447642
PATRICK EAST
USDOT 3293583Active· SIOUX FALLS, SD
Medium
Shared VIN · 2
1GR4M9620MH3042834U3B0482XRL023275

Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.

Activity history

10 events
  1. 06/18/2026MCS-150 update filed

    0.8M mi reported (2025)

  2. 05/30/2023Insurance cancelled — GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.

    BIPD/Excess · policy CCP06129A

  3. 04/30/2021Insurance filed — Great West Casualty Co

    Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy MCP70512A

  4. 04/30/2021Insurance replaced — THE PHOENIX INSURANCE CO

    BIPD/Primary · policy 5E054576

  5. 10/19/2018Insurance cancelled — THE PHOENIX INSURANCE CO

    BIPD/Primary · policy Y-MR-4321N187-PHX-09

  6. 10/19/2018Insurance cancelled — TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA

    CARGO · policy QT-660-2879C203-TIL-09

  7. 09/24/2018COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION

    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (09/28/2018)

  8. 04/30/2009Insurance replaced — THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.

    CARGO · policy 3011108773

  9. 10/22/2008MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
  10. 10/01/2008Registered with FMCSA

    AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.

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Operations

Classification

  • AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Area served

  • Interstate

FMCSA safety rating

Rating
Not rated
Type
Rated
Last review
📄

MCS-150 registration

Form date
2026-06-18
Reported mileage
760,755 mi (2025)
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Changes on file

FMCSA census history
  1. January, 2021

    First on-record entry — COLMAN TRANSPORTATION INC, COLMAN, SD

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Data sourced from public FMCSA records via safer.fmcsa.dot.gov · Latest FMCSA update: Sep 2026 · Page refreshed: Sep 18, 2026, 11:51 AM. VioCodes is not affiliated with FMCSA. To dispute incorrect data, file a DataQs Request for Data Review.