MELBOURNE MCKIE

DBA: KOOL RUNNINGS TRANSPORT

DOT# 1869415 MC# 790922 Durham, NC Authorized For-Hire
(732) 762-3878 kruntrucks@gmail.com 2053 October Drive, Durham NC 27703
1 tractors · all owned 1 drivers 176k mi/yr · ~176k per unit
Marginal
FRED Score 50.0 / 100
Low confidence
17 yrs history · 11 roadside inspections
Capped at Marginal
Current FMCSA Conditional rating (12-03-2023)

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
1
Drivers · CDL
1 · 1
Annual miles
176k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 1 0 0 1
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Beyond 100 miles)
FMCSA Rating
Conditional (12-03-2023)
Registered
03-25-2009 (17 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
07-23-2024
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
MELBOURNE MCKIE

Cargo

64.0
medium risk
General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight

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.

Held at Marginal by an FMCSA Rating

FMCSA currently rates this motor carrier Conditional (12-03-2023). While that rating stands, FRED grades the motor carrier no better than Marginal, even where its roadside and crash record alone would grade higher.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

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.

Too little record to tell how this motor carrier's crash rate compares with similar fleets.

Similar fleets: interstate 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.

This motor carrier 1.26×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.2 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Violations 2.55× and out-of-service orders 1.76× the rate expected for its inspections, but unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.48×. Together they move its crash estimate +4%: 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
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Current adverse FMCSA safety rating
    FMCSA currently rates this motor carrier Conditional or Unsatisfactory — a recent formal finding of safety-management deficiencies. Treat as a serious underwriting concern.

Track record

FMCSA record, Nov 2024 – Jun 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
11
36% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
55.6%
5 of 9
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 11
National avg 6.7%
Violations
13
5 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 1 truck in North Carolina (about 2 in 24 months would be typical; 50% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 2 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 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: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '26
vs 29,453 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.500 0.055
Inspections 6.50 2.39
Violations 6.50 2.15
Critical violations 1.50 0.42

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, Owner-Operator power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

13 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    13 · 5 OOS
    Tires 3 · Cargo securement 2 · Brakes 1 · Lights 1 · Other parts 6
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • 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
  • Mar
    9
    2026
    North Carolina
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, fog, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

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)
$750,000 · PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Dec 26, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 2017
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: INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY → PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY (Oct 2025); PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY → INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY (Oct 2024)
  • 3 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 3 took effect (the last Dec 26, 2025, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Oct 14, 2025)

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
  • North Carolina (HQ) 11