HORIZON FREIGHT LINES INC
USDOT 12330MC-Docket MC067841EDINBURGH, IN
Review before tendering92 power units
HORIZON FREIGHT LINES INC (USDOT 12330) in EDINBURGH, IN — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file: $1,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are at or below the national roadside average.
- 10 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 3 times, most recent 2007-07-23 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2012-04-19 (C).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 2
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.03
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.02
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 3.62
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
4
Injuries
10
Crashes
144
Inspections
12
OOS inspections
13
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- Yes
Fleet
- Power units
- 92
- Total drivers
- 72
- Years in business
- 52
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 10 of 10 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 0.7%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 14.8%
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 3 times last 2007-07-23
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-04-22
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2012-04-19 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
244
Inspections
16
OOS inspections
160
Violations
24
OOS violations
3
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-07 → 2026-04-27.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2026-03-13
IN
Tow-away
2025-12-10
TX
1 injuredTow-away
2025-11-19
IN
Tow-away
2025-06-18
IN
2 injuredTow-away
2025-02-27
IN
1 injuredTow-away
2024-12-13
TX
Tow-away
2024-11-06
IN
Tow-away
2024-10-14
IL
Tow-away
2024-08-26
MI
Tow-away
2024-08-02
IN
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
79 | 20 | 2026-02-03 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
46 | 0 | 2026-04-27 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
11 | 2 | 2025-10-10 |
Hours of service 395
|
5 | 0 | 2025-11-19 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2024-12-22 |
General safety regulations 390
|
1 | 0 | 2025-05-21 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-03-09 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2026-03-09 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failure to maintain lane | — |
| 2026-02-09 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Following too closely | — |
| 2026-02-04 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Improper lane change | — |
| 2026-02-04 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2026-02-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-02-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2026-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Steering - Power steering leaking anywhere. | — |
| 2026-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2026-01-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others - Exposed ply or belt material in tread or sidewall area | — |
| 2026-01-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks Under Vehicle | — |
| 2025-11-25 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Following too closely | — |
| 2025-11-19 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Improper lane change | — |
| 2025-11-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids suffi | — |
| 2025-11-12 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-11-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Flat tire or fabric exposed | OOS |
| 2025-11-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle | — |
| 2025-10-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-tread and/or sidewall separation | OOS |
| 2025-10-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle | — |
| 2025-10-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brakes (general) Explain: | — |
| 2025-10-01 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Improper lane change | — |
| 2025-09-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable tail lamp | — |
| 2025-09-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle | — |
| 2025-08-15 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-08-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2025-08-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-tread and/or sidewall separation | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brakes (general) Explain: | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Exhaust - Not securely fastened to the vehicle | — |
| 2025-07-21 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Using a hand-held mobile telephone | — |
| 2025-07-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required | — |
| 2025-07-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel (Mud) Flaps missing or defective | — |
| 2025-07-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2025-07-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Exhaust - Discharging at a point forward or directly below the driver or sleeper compartment | — |
| 2025-07-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-06-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-05-21 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-05-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 1/32 inch tread depth at 3 locations/2 adjacent tread grooves | OOS |
| 2025-04-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
| 2025-04-24 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-03-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2025-03-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle | — |
| 2025-03-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brakes (general) Explain: | — |
| 2025-03-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-27 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS4 | — | — |
2026-03-31 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2026-03-09 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16-D | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLML | — | — |
2026-02-09 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLFC | — | — |
2026-02-04 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLILC | — | — |
2026-02-03 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
2026-02-03 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
2026-01-15 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 209E-SPSLA | — | — |
2026-01-13 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1-TEPBM | — | — |
2026-01-13 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45DLUV | — | — |
2025-12-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2025-11-25 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLFC | — | — |
2025-11-19 2 violsPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLILC | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4-ELDBRODS | — | — |
2025-11-12 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2025-11-06 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
2025-11-06 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A | OOS | — |
2025-10-17 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A2 | OOS | — |
2025-10-16 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2025-10-10 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1B | — | — |
2025-10-01 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLILC | — | — |
2025-08-15 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2025-08-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9H | — | — |
2025-08-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
2025-08-08 8 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 83H | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
2025-07-21 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 82DUMT | — | — |
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