CURTZE TRANSPORTATION INC

DOT# 1480997 MC# 552555 Erie, PA Authorized For-Hire
(814) 452-2281 jcook@curtze.com 1717 East 12th Street 1717 East, Erie PA 16511
138 power units 86 drivers 3.6M mi/yr · ~26k per unit
Strong
FRED Score 88.0 / 100
Moderate confidence
20 yrs history · 128 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
138
Drivers · CDL
86 · 76
Annual miles
3.6M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 56 12 0 68
Tractors 59 11 0 70
Trailers 64 0 0 64

Registration

Registered
03-31-2006 (20 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
12-17-2024
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
BRIAN SCOTT KERN
Officer
C BRUCE KERN

Cargo

57.5
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Fresh Produce Beverages Other: RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLILES Dry Bulk Paper Products Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

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

Expected crash rate is about 38% lower than similar fleets.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 100–199 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 100–199 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.62×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
2.1 vs 3.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–5 crashes
This motor carrier
2.1
Similar fleets
3.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~6%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 3 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1.5 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 3.4 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 8% below typical. The grade counts 8 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Out-of-service orders 0.17×, unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.26× and violations 0.28× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -33%.

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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 12 of 37 violations (32%). Brake or light defects led to 2 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 4.7% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.0% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 80% of inspections found no violations.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
3
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
128
80% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
4.7%
3 of 64
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 128
National avg 6.7%
Violations
37
4 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 16 inspections, 0 out of service 16 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 13 inspections, 0 out of service 13 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 7 inspections, 1 out of service 7 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 20 inspections, 0 out of service 20 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 17 inspections, 1 out of service 17 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 17 inspections, 1 out of service 17 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 17 inspections, 0 out of service 17 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 21 inspections, 0 out of service 21 Q3 '26
vs 1,871 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.014 0.024
Inspections 0.74 0.91
Violations 0.13 0.51
Critical violations 0.03 0.10

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 100–199 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

37 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    32 · 4 OOS
    Brakes 12 · Lights 11 · Tires 3 · Steering & suspension 2 · Wheels & hubs 1 · 3 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    5 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 3 · Seat belt 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Feb
    5
    2026
    Pennsylvania
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • May
    7
    2025
    Pennsylvania
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.
  • Nov
    14
    2024
    New York
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA
on record since Jul 1, 2015 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jun 2005
Cargo filing
on file · LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY since Jul 1, 2010
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Aug 5, 2015)

Who insures fleets like this →

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
  • Pennsylvania (HQ) 69
  • New York 44
  • Ohio 5
  • Maryland 4
  • West Virginia 4
  • Virginia 2

54% of inspections were in its home state.