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FMCSA Live Status
Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 4
- Drivers · CDL
- 13 · 13
- Annual miles
- 950k
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tractors | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Trailers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Registration
- Cargo Operation
- Interstate
- Scope
- Interstate (Beyond 100 miles)
- Registered
- 02-11-2008 (18 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 11-13-2024
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 07, 2026
- Officer
- DEVON KNOX
Cargo
- High-Risk Cargo
- Machinery Large
Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.
Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu2_5) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.
This motor carrier reports 237,500 miles per power unit annually, which exceeds typical single-driver limits (~150,000–180,000 miles/year). This motor carrier is still rated, but the high utilization may indicate:
- Team driving operations where trucks run nearly 24/7 with rotating drivers
- Stale fleet count in MCS-150 (power units not updated while operations expanded)
- Data entry anomaly in annual mileage reporting
- Expedited/dedicated routes with unusually high truck utilization
Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.
Similar fleets: intrastate fleets of 2–5 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 2–5 trucks.
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.
- 2 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
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Limited inspection historyFewer than 5 roadside inspections on record, so there isn't enough data to score this motor carrier with high confidence — the score leans more on peers.
Track record
Inspected about as often as intrastate fleets of 2–5 trucks in Arizona (about 1 in 24 months would be typical; 78% of them had none).
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.000 | 0.020 |
| Inspections | 0.25 | 0.64 |
| Violations | 0.50 | 0.87 |
| Critical violations | 0.00 | 0.12 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
4 violations · 24 months-
Vehicle maintenance No alert4 · 1 OOSBrakes 2 · Other parts 2
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Unsafe driving No alert0
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Hours of service No alert0
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Driver fitness No alert0
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
Violations by quarter
Tap a category to show or hide itCrashes
24 months-
Nov12024ArizonaProperty damage onlyDark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Sep252024ArizonaProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
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
- Arizona (HQ) 1
How this grade is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook
The FRED Score predicts this motor carrier's crash risk over the next 12 months — how often they're likely to crash and how severe those crashes tend to be — versus a typical fleet of its size (4 power units: 4 filed, 2 seen roadside in 24 months).
We'd expect a typical fleet of 4 power units this active to have about 0.1 crashes a year. This motor carrier recorded 3 in its scoring window (Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026, about 1.0 a year) — about 13.1× a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 0.1 over the next 12 — about 1.7× the typical fleet. When this motor carrier does crash, those crashes tend to be substantially more severe than average — roughly 3.3× the injury/fatal weight of a typical crash.
FRED multiplies three factors: the class rate a fleet of this size, class and activity is expected to run, a violation relativity from its roadside record, and its own crash experience over 36 months weighted by how much exposure stands behind it. The grade is the band of the resulting relativity to class, then the screens.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
C Property| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe Driving | 0 | 0.00 | |
| HOS Compliance | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Driver Fitness | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 1 | 12.00 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (06-JAN-25 – 06-JAN-25) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.