DAVIS TRANSPORT LLC

DBA: DAVIS TRANSPORT

DOT# 1759937 MC# 273577 Fort Dodge, IA Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire
(515) 554-1695 office@davistransportfd.com 2516 7th Ave South, Fort Dodge IA 50501
4 tractors · all owned 4 drivers 407k mi/yr · ~102k per unit
Strong
FRED Score 77.1 / 100
Low confidence
18 yrs history · 12 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
4
Drivers · CDL
4 · 4
Annual miles
407k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 4 0 0 4
Trailers 4 0 0 4

Registration

Registered
04-11-2008 (18 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
10-09-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
KURT DAVIS

Cargo

66.7
medium risk
Livestock Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Fresh Produce Beverages Grain/Feed/Hay Paper Products Farm Supplies
High-Risk Cargo
Livestock, 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.

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.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire 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.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 1.8× as often as the median active fleet of 6–9 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.73×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
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
Better than peers. Violations 0.53× and out-of-service orders 0.59× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -7%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history. 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.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
12
50% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 6
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
8.3%
1 of 12
National avg 6.7%
Violations
7
1 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.039
Inspections 2.12 1.41
Violations 0.88 1.44
Critical violations 0.00 0.26

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

What they get cited for

7 violations · 24 months
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    4 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 2 · Reckless / lane 1 · Other 1
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Lights 1 · Other parts 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No log 1
  • 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

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

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 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
on record since Jul 8, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 2019
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY → GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. (Jul 2024); GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. → NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY (Jul 2023)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer, replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Sep 3, 2020)

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
  • Wisconsin 4
  • Iowa (HQ) 3
  • Minnesota 2
  • Arizona 1
  • California 1
  • Utah 1