BANDERA TRANSPORTATION INC

Chicago, IL · Interstate · 1 power unit · Not rated · USDOT since Apr 5, 2012 (14 years)

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Operating authority
Active
MC787330: Motor carrier active
FMCSA Motus · Oct 19, 2026
Liability insurance (BI&PD)
$750,000
Required minimum: $750,000
No cargo cover filed with FMCSA
FMCSA Motus · Oct 19, 2026
Vehicle out-of-service rate
100.0%
Only 1 vehicle inspection; too few to compare
FMCSA inspections · Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026

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Operating authority

MC787330 FMCSA Motus · Oct 19, 2026

Motor carrier
Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
Active
Liability insurance on file$750,000 (required: $750,000)

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Insurance on file

Liability (BI&PD) pays for injury and damage to other people and property; it does not cover the freight. Cargo insurance covers the freight. FMCSA only requires cargo filings from household goods carriers and freight forwarders, so most carriers file none: ask for a cargo certificate that fits your load. No cargo cover filed with FMCSA.

TypeDocketLayerInsurerCoverageEffectiveStatus
Liability (BI&PD)MC787330PrimaryNorthland Insurance Company
Policy WN346153 · BMC-91X
$750,000Jun 6, 2023Active

Source: FMCSA Motus · Oct 19, 2026. Identical filings repeated in the FMCSA data are shown once; a filing listed under two dockets is one policy, not extra coverage. Coverage is the maximum amount filed with FMCSA, not the full policy.

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Roadside inspections Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026

1inspections
100.0%vehicle out-of-service
1 of 1 · Illinois avg 24.1%
0.0%driver out-of-service
0 of 1 · Illinois avg 4.4%
7violations written on inspection reports
Most recent inspection
DateStateLevelViolationsOut of service
Apr 22, 2026IL17Yes
How these rates are calculated

Period: Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026. Vehicle rate = vehicle inspections with a vehicle out-of-service order ÷ vehicle inspections (levels 1, 2, 5 and 6). Driver rate uses levels 1, 2, 3 and 6. The Illinois average covers 195,384 vehicle and 387,932 driver inspections of all Illinois-based carriers in this period. It mixes every type of operation, so compare with care; rates based on a handful of inspections say little. FMCSA's own SMS measures are weighted differently: SMS profile ↗ · SAFER snapshot ↗

Violations in FMCSA's SMS last 24 months

6 violations counted in FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (SMS), 1 of them serious enough to put the driver or vehicle out of service.

Why is this different from the 7 violations above?

The inspections section's number counts every violation written on the inspection reports in our Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026 window. The SMS count comes from FMCSA's own monthly SMS snapshot, which uses its own 24-month window and only the violations it scores. Both are FMCSA figures; they measure different things.

Category (FMCSA BASIC)ViolationsOut of serviceShareIllinois share
Vehicle Maintenance61100.0%60.9%
6 most frequent violations
ViolationTimesOut of service
Inadequate brakes for safe stopping - Brake Lining condition
Brakes All Others · Vehicle Maintenance · code 39347A
11
Truck Tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 not equipped with an antilock brake system
Brakes All Others · Vehicle Maintenance · code 39355C1
10
Brakes (general) Explain:
Brakes All Others · Vehicle Maintenance · code 3963A1B
10
Inoperative Brake Lamps
Lighting · Vehicle Maintenance · code 3939BRKLAMP
10
Inoperative turn signal
Lighting · Vehicle Maintenance · code 3939TS
10
Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove
Tires · Vehicle Maintenance · code 39375C
10

Source: FMCSA SMS violation file, inspections in the last 24 months, published Oct 19, 2026. "Share" is this company's mix of violations; the Illinois column is the mix across all Illinois-based carriers, so you can see which kinds of problems stand out. A high count partly reflects fleet size and how often trucks are inspected.

Crashes Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026

No reportable crashes in this period.

Company details FMCSA census · Oct 19, 2026

USDOT number2292308
MC / docketMC787330
Legal nameBANDERA TRANSPORTATION INC
OperationInterstate
Business type—
Power units1
Drivers1
Annual mileage23,648 (2026)
HazmatNo
Safety ratingNot rated (no compliance review on record)
USDOT number addedApr 5, 2012 · 14 years ago
Last MCS-150 updateSep 1, 2026

Cargo carried

General Freight

Change history

No changes to name, contact details, authority or insurance since we started tracking on Oct 18, 2026. We compare every company's FMCSA record each day.

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Questions about BANDERA TRANSPORTATION INC

What does BANDERA TRANSPORTATION INC's operating authority allow?

MC787330: Motor carrier (may haul regulated property for hire).

Which information about BANDERA TRANSPORTATION INC is old or missing?

There are too few vehicle inspections in the last 24 months to judge the out-of-service rate. FMCSA has not issued a safety rating, which means no compliance review is on record, not that the carrier is unsafe.

What should I verify before booking BANDERA TRANSPORTATION INC?

Confirm the authority and insurance on the Motus record for USDOT 2292308. Call the company back on the phone number on file, (773) 318-4498, not a number from an email or load board message. Check that the MC number the dispatcher gave you matches MC787330, and ask the insurer for a certificate of insurance naming you as holder, with cargo coverage that fits your load.

Company details from the FMCSA Company Census File (Oct 19, 2026). Inspections and crashes from FMCSA MCMIS files. About our data · Report an error on this page (how corrections work).

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