CAROUSEL ICE CREAM INC

DOT# 1504080 MC# 564598 Bowling Green, OH Authorized For-Hire
(419) 215-4388 l.borbely@frontier.com 19200 Tontogany Rd, Bowling Green OH 43402
7 power units · all owned 11 drivers
BASIC Alerts: Substances
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
20 yrs history · 7 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
7
Drivers · CDL
11 · 4
Annual miles
60k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 7 0 0 7
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Beyond 100 miles)
Registered
05-21-2006 (20 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
08-17-2024
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
LAJOS BORBELY

Cargo

76.5
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away

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

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

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).

Not enough record to grade yet.

7 inspections and 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 6–9 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

80% likely range 0.49×–2.13×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.4 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.4
Similar fleets
0.3

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-4 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

Ask
Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (7 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year); similar fleets have about 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.75× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -3%.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • FMCSA BASIC alert
    Over FMCSA's intervention threshold in drugs & alcohol.
    Ask: any FMCSA warning letters and the corrective-action plan.
  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Jul 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
Strengths
  • 2 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
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, Mar 2025 – May 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
7
71% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
33.3%
1 of 3
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
14.3%
1 of 7
National avg 6.7%
Violations
7
3 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 6–9 trucks in Ohio (about 8 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26
vs 4,754 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.143 0.039
Inspections 0.86 1.38
Violations 0.50 1.31
Critical violations 0.07 0.27

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, Small (advisory) power units, high-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

7 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    5 · 2 OOS
    Lights 5
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol FMCSA 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
2 crashes
  • Jan
    8
    2026
    Ohio
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Dec
    20
    2024
    Ohio
    Property damage only
    Wet road, dark - not lighted, snow, one-way trafficway not divided.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Accelerant National Insurance Company
on record since Oct 8, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since May 2006
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 7, 2026
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY → Accelerant National Insurance Company (Oct 2025); PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO. → AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY (Oct 2024)
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Oct 8, 2025, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notice served Sep 8, 2026 (suspension effective Oct 8, 2026); the authority stayed active. FMCSA's new registration system launched May 14, 2026 and has recorded some insurance suspensions and requirement changes in error; confirm with the insurer or motor carrier before acting.
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jun 9, 2006)

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
  • Ohio (HQ) 7