CSA
Authorized · PropertyUSDOT 4486126· MC1772635· CARRIER· EIN 39-4576804
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ERA TRANS LLC

1699 WALL ST STE 550I, MOUNT PROSPECT, IL, 60056(224) 224-2278eratransllc@gmail.comVOJISLAV HRISTOV
Vetting snapshot
Authority
Active
operating authority
Insurance
$750K BIPD
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY
Vehicle OOS
22.2%
above 22% national avg
Driver OOS
15.4%
above 6.7% national avg
Crashes 24mo
0
clean
Red flags
1 flag
see details below
65
/ 100

Risk factors

Moderate riskVioCodes score
Possible reincarnation pattern — tied to an older inactive carrierDriver OOS 15.4% — above the 6.7% national average

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

MC1772635

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

Common
Active
Contract
None
Broker
None
Authorized for: Property
Liability (BIPD)
$750K on file
$750K required
Cargo
Not on file
not required
Bond / surety
Not on file
not required
Insurance filings
ON FILELiability (BIPD) — BMC-91X$750K coverageeff 11/25/2025
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY· policy CA866205394
Authority history (1) ▾
12/02/2025MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIERGRANTED

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.

Vehicle9 inspections · 22.2% OOS · National 22%
Driver13 inspections · 15.4% OOS · National 6.7%

Recommendations

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

Lighting / lamps violations are the leading contributor to Vehicle Maintenance

High impact

Estimated Vehicle Maintenance percentile of 91% is at/over the 80% intervention line. Carriers with a BASIC in alert are prioritized for enforcement (warning letters, audits) and inspected more often — which tends to generate still more violations.

What’s contributing29 violations · 3 OOS (24 mo)
Lighting / lamps16 viol51%
  • 393.9A-LFTSILighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative3× · 15%
  • 393.9Inoperable Required Lamp5× · 8%
  • 393.9TSInoperative turn signal1× · 5%
Tires1 OOS3 viol22%
  • 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth2× · 13%
  • 393.75A3-TAOLTires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS1× · 8%
Brakes4 viol13%
  • 393.45D-BAir Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection2× · 7%
  • 393.43D-BIPBSBrake - Inoperative or missing trailer Spring Brake1× · 3%
  • 393.55E-BAir Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1, 19981× · 3%
Wheels / rims1 OOS2 viol5%
What to do
  • Walk the lights every pre-trip and carry spare bulbs/fuses; clean lenses and check the trailer plug
  • Prioritize the out-of-service items — they carry the heaviest weight
Projected estimatecould improve up to 38 pts in ~12 mo
nowin 12 months
Current trend 50% followed 100% followed 80% line

Vehicle and driver out-of-service rate exceeds the national average

High impact

Vehicle OOS rate is 25% vs the 22% national average. Driver OOS rate is 12.5% vs the 6.7% national average. Carriers above the national OOS average draw more enforcement attention (audits, roadside stops) and can see higher insurance premiums.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with out-of-service violations and fix the root causes with equipment and drivers
  • Run a preventative-maintenance program; periodically inspect tires, brakes and lights
  • Reinforce thorough pre-trip and post-trip inspections; retrain where needed

A high share of violations are occurring in Quay County, NM

Medium impact

12 of 36 violations in the last 12 months (33%) came from inspections in Quay County, NM. That can mean tougher enforcement there or simply more of your miles run through it — either way it's worth a look.

What to do
  • Review the inspections from Quay County, NM to spot recurring issues
  • Brief drivers running that lane; consider rerouting around the toughest enforcement corridors where practical

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.

▬ Holding steady
9
Inspections
22
Violations
7
Out-of-service
1
Clean
Where the violations are
Vehicle Maintenance 73%Other 18%Hours-of-Service Compliance 5%Driver Fitness 5%
Focus here first
1Vehicle Maintenance
16 violations · 3 OOS · 73% of recent
Do this
  • Gauge/thump every tire on the walk-around, including inner duals
  • Replace before tread hits the limit and correct low pressure immediately
2Other
4 violations · 2 OOS · 18% of recent
  • 393.75A1×2Tire-ply or belt material exposed
  • 393.207FAir suspension pressure loss · OOS
  • 393.47AInadequate brakes for safe stopping - Brake Lining condition · OOS
Do this
  • Gauge/thump every tire on the walk-around, including inner duals
  • Replace before tread hits the limit and correct low pressure immediately
3Hours-of-Service Compliance
1 violation · 1 OOS · 5% of recent
  • 395.8E-HOSPDELDTHOS (Property) - Tampering with an ELD so that the device does not accurately record and retain required data. Explain: · OOS
Do this
  • Log in and annotate the ELD correctly every day; fix edits promptly
  • Plan trips around available hours — never falsify a log
Repeat offenders (same code, multiple times)
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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).

16
Inspections
39
Violations
7
Out-of-service
390
CSA points
0
Crashes
9
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

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

6 incomplete vehicle 5 trailer 4 truck
2021 FREIGHTLINER M2seen 3×
3ALACWFC0MDMU2391· P1183020 IL
2023 FREIGHTLINER M2seen 2×
1FVACWFC7PHNU8996· 1202421 IL
2022 FREIGHTLINER M2seen 2×
3ALACWFC6NDMZ8689· P1204265 IL
2026 FREIGHTLINER M2seen 2×
1FVACWFC0THWN7634· P1346443 IL
2021 FREIGHTLINER Cascadiaseen 2×
3AKJHHDR1MSMS9590· P1204267 IL
2025 FREIGHTLINER M2
3ALACWFC7SDVS0680· P1247612 IL
2017 FREIGHTLINER M2
3ALACWDT8HDHV6057· P1186735 IL
2022 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia
3AKJHHDR0NSNC8804· P1185612 IL
2023 WABASH VANS Dry Van Duraplate
1JJV532DXPL371062· 904153ST IL
2022 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia
1FUJHHDR7NLNA8870· P1185613 IL
2018 REITNOUER INC Reitnouer Inc
1RNF53A25JR043627· 1021909 IL
2021 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers
1GR1P0621MT218449· 771609ST IL
2021 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia
3AKJHHDR4MSMS9583· P1204266 IL
2020 EAST MANUFACTURING CORP. East Manufacturing Corp
1E1H5Z286LR068768· 1040306ST IL
2020 FONTAINE TRAILER CO. Fontaine Trailer Co.
13N148204L1538246· 871492ST IL

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
1
on file (MCS-150)
Drivers
1
1 hold a CDL
Annual mileage
—
reported 0
Recordable crash rate
—
per million miles
How far they run · drivers by operating lane
  • Interstate · 100+ mi1 drivers
Company officer
VOJISLAV HRISTOV
Operation
Interstate
Registered since
2025-10-24
Last MCS-150 update
2025-10-24
Census status
Active

Fleet: 1 trucks · 1 owned tractors · 1 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.

Data change history

Every FMCSA record change we’ve detected — address, fleet size, contacts, MCS-150 — newest first.

Connections

carrier graph

This carrier shares VINs or officers with 6 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.

6
Connected carriers
5
Fleet-transfer links
13
Most shared VINs
3
Strong links
Possible reincarnation pattern: BEL-AIR EXPRESS INC (USDOT 3285118, registered 2019) is inactive, shares this carrier’s officer, and predates it — worth checking whether this carrier re-registered to shed a prior record.
Strong· 3
1
ROLAND LOGISTICS INC
USDOT 2639762Active· WILLOWBROOK, IL
Strong
Shared VIN · 13
3AKJHHDR0NSNC88041FUJHHDR7NLNA88701JJV532DXPL3710623AKJHHDR4MSMS95833ALACWFC7SDVS06803ALACWDT8HDHV6057
2
SPINE LOGISTICS INC
USDOT 3863969Active· WILLOWBROOK, IL
Strong
Shared VIN · 5
3ALACWFC0MDMU23913ALACWFC6NDMZ86891FVACWFC7PHNU89963ALACWFC7SDVS06803ALACWDT8HDHV6057
3
BEL-AIR EXPRESS INC
USDOT 3285118Inactive· CICERO, IL
Strong
Officer

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

4 events
  1. 12/02/2025MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
  2. 11/25/2025Insurance filed — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY

    Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy CA866205394

  3. 10/24/2025Registered with FMCSA

    AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

  4. 10/24/2025MCS-150 update filed

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

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Operations

Classification

  • AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Area served

  • Interstate
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FMCSA safety rating

Rating
Not rated
Type
—
Rated
—
Last review
—
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MCS-150 registration

Form date
2025-10-24
Reported mileage
—
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Data sourced from public FMCSA records via safer.fmcsa.dot.gov · Latest FMCSA update: Sep 2026 · Page refreshed: Sep 26, 2026, 5:07 PM. VioCodes is not affiliated with FMCSA. To dispute incorrect data, file a DataQs Request for Data Review.