PIONEER TRANSPORTATION LTD
USDOT 93919MC-Docket MC177264MERRILL, WI
Do not tender61 power units
PIONEER TRANSPORTATION LTD (USDOT 93919) in MERRILL, WI — carries a hard disqualifier. 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 is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- 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.
- 5 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available.
- 1 fatal crash(es) in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- 1 other active carrier(s) operate from this exact street + ZIP. High counts are often legitimate registered-agent / virtual-office addresses — treat as context, not a verdict.
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2009-05-04 (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 1.68
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.07
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.11
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 1.51
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
1
Fatalities
2
Injuries
5
Crashes
120
Inspections
6
OOS inspections
6
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 61
- Total drivers
- 64
- Years in business
- 52
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 5 of 5 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 0%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 10.3%
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
- None on file
- Physical address
- 1 other carrier(s) at this address
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-03-13
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2009-05-04 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
170
Inspections
9
OOS inspections
62
Violations
9
OOS violations
2
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-19 → 2026-05-12.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-10-15
KY
1 injuredTow-away
2025-10-06
MO
1 injuredTow-away
2025-07-20
WI
Tow-away
2024-10-02
IL
1 fatalTow-away
2024-09-12
NC
Tow-away
2024-06-11
WI
2 injuredTow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Unsafe driving 392
|
26 | 0 | 2026-05-04 |
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
16 | 7 | 2026-03-06 |
Hours of service 395
|
9 | 0 | 2026-01-18 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
2 | 0 | 2026-02-02 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2026-05-04 |
General safety regulations 390
|
1 | 0 | 2024-03-05 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 0 | 2026-03-07 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | Unsafe Driving | Failing to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2026-03-07 | Driver Fitness | Operating a non-CDL required commercial motor vehicle with driving privileges revoked suspended cancelled or otherwise d | — |
| 2026-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake hose or tubing chafing and/or kinking | — |
| 2026-02-04 | Unsafe Driving | Lane Restriction violation | — |
| 2026-02-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/Defective Hazard Warning Lamp | — |
| 2026-02-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking - Connection to Power Unit | OOS |
| 2026-02-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
| 2026-02-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2026-01-27 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-01-18 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
| 2025-12-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-10-01 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-10-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - On request by an authorized safety official a driver must produce and transfer from an ELD the driver's hour | — |
| 2025-09-03 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-07-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-06-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | OOS |
| 2025-06-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-06-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2025-06-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor upper rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-05-14 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2025-05-06 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-05-06 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-04-15 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-04-01 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-03-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manuf | — |
| 2025-03-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to manually input or verify CMV trailer number. | — |
| 2025-02-07 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV. | — |
| 2025-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2024-12-12 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2024-12-12 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
| 2024-12-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Motor carrier failed to ensure that the ELD automatically recorded the required data elements. | — |
| 2024-11-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2024-10-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2024-10-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2024-10-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking in tread area and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped | OOS |
| 2024-08-28 | Unsafe Driving | Improper lane change | — |
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.
2026-05-04 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2026-05-04 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2-LCDLN | OOS | — |
2026-03-16 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16 | — | — |
2026-03-07 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 15A-LNCDLNSRW | — | — |
2026-03-06 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2 | — | — |
2026-02-04 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2LV | — | — |
2026-02-02 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 19 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2PC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B | — | — |
2026-01-27 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2026-01-18 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1-ELDDFR | — | — |
2026-01-12 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2025-12-16 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2025-12-16 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
2025-11-02 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2025-10-01 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24D-ELDPT | — | — |
2025-09-03 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2025-08-21 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2025-07-07 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEQP | — | — |
2025-06-29 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | OOS | — |
2025-06-09 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSURR | — | — |
2025-05-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2C | — | — |
2025-05-06 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
2025-04-15 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | — |
2025-04-01 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | — |
2025-03-31 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA2 | — | — |
2025-03-29 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TL | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2II-ELDTN | — | — |
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