PINNACLE TRANSPORTATION INC
Risk factors
High riskVioCodes scoreA 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.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
90-day safety improvement plan
What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.
Inspection & crash map
live · FMCSA MCMISEvery inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).
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.
Company profile
FMCSA census- Interstate · <100 mi8 drivers
- Company officer
- JAMES CLARK
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 1994-06-20
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2004-03-05
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 8 trucks · 8 owned tractors.
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 graphThis carrier shares officers with 58 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
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
28 events- 06/01/2008Insurance cancelled — ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy FBCAT0063400
- 05/01/2007Insurance filed — FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.
Cargo — BMC-34 · policy MZI97246769
- 05/01/2007Insurance replaced — UTICA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
CARGO · policy CIM1965753
- 11/16/2005MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (06/09/2008)
- 05/01/2005Insurance replaced — ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TRK9303822-01
- 05/30/2004Insurance cancelled — AMERICAN ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TRK9303822-00
- 05/06/2004MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (06/07/2004)
- 05/06/2004MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (06/07/2004)
- 05/01/2004Insurance replaced — ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TRK9303822-00
- 03/05/2004MCS-150 update filed
0.4M mi reported (2003)
- 05/01/2003Insurance replaced — ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TRK9303822-00
- 05/01/2002Insurance cancelled — OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy HLM25904
- 01/01/2001Insurance cancelled — GREENWICH INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy AEC0000106
- 01/05/2000Insurance cancelled — RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy NKA162976505
- 01/01/1999Insurance cancelled — RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy NKA162976504
- 01/01/1999Insurance replaced — RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy NKA162976505
- 01/01/1998Insurance cancelled — RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy NKA 162 976 503
- 04/22/1997COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (05/16/1997)
- 01/03/1997Insurance cancelled — RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy NKA162976502
- 01/01/1997Insurance replaced — RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy NKA162976502
- 02/10/1996Insurance cancelled — THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.
CARGO · policy IM 95 65 22
- 01/01/1996Insurance cancelled — RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy NKA 162976601
- 01/01/1995CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (02/09/1995)
- 01/01/1995COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (02/09/1995)
- 01/01/1995Insurance cancelled — RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy NKA 1629766
- 08/18/1994MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (03/22/2001)
- 08/18/1994MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (03/22/2001)
- 06/20/1994Registered with FMCSA
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Conditional
- Type
- Compliance review
- Rated
- 2004-06-28
- Last review
- 2004-05-05
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2004-03-05
- Reported mileage
- 372,024 mi (2003)
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