CITY OF BUCKHANNON - WASTE COLLECTION

DOT# 1228461 Buckhannon, WV Authorized For-Hire
(304) 472-1651 ethan.crosten@buckhannonwv.org 70 E Main St, Buckhannon WV 26201
22 power units · all owned 22 drivers
Intrastate Only
Excellent
FRED Score 92.8 / 100
Moderate confidence
22 yrs history · 21 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
22
Drivers · CDL
22 · 22
Annual miles
60k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 22 0 0 22
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
03-27-2004 (22 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-15-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
DAKOTA ARNOLD
Officer
ETHAN CROSTEN

Cargo

60.3
medium risk
Machinery/Large Objects Building Materials Other: STONE Construction Garbage/Refuse Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Intrastate operation

Runs within West Virginia only. Intrastate fleets in West Virginia are inspected about 1 a year for every 3 trucks; interstate fleets, about 1 a year for every 2 trucks. Its roadside record counts the same way as an interstate fleet's.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about a 90% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: intrastate fleets of 20–49 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.6× as often as the median active fleet of 20–49 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.43×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.5 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Violations 0.09×, out-of-service orders 0.19× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.32× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -36%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 30.6% for intrastate motor carriers; driver 0.0% vs 8.5%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Jan 2025 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
21
100% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 21
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 21
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
0
0 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as intrastate fleets of 20–49 trucks in West Virginia (about 33 in 24 months would be typical; 36% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 10 inspections, 0 out of service 10 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 10 inspections, 0 out of service 10 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 1,453 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.012
Inspections 0.50 0.32
Violations 0.00 0.29
Critical violations 0.00 0.05

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

0 violations · 24 months

No violations on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • West Virginia (HQ) 21

Mostly inspected in its home state (100%).