VAN DALEN INDUSTRIES LLC

DOT# 1987707 MC# 1577847 Charlotte Hall, MD Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(301) 672-1958 vandalen.nick@gmail.com 30415 Commanche Lane, Charlotte Hall MD 20622
6 power units · all owned 4 drivers
Strong
FRED Score 75.7 / 100
Low confidence
16 yrs history · 13 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
6
Drivers · CDL
4 · 0
Annual miles
55k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 6 0 0 6
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 5 0 0 5

Registration

Registered
01-26-2010 (16 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
08-19-2024
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
NICK VANDALEN
Officer
NICHOLAS VAN DALEN

Cargo

55.3
medium risk
General Freight Building Materials Farm Supplies Construction
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.

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).

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

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.

This motor carrier 0.75×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Most likely none
This motor carrier
0.1
Similar fleets
0.1
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.56×, violations 0.57× and out-of-service orders 0.65× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -13%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

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.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 15.4% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.0% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
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, Dec 2024 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
13
54% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
15.4%
2 of 13
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 13
National avg 6.7%
Violations
10
3 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 6–9 trucks in Maryland (about 11 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 57,530 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.043
Inspections 1.67 1.57
Violations 0.83 1.56
Critical violations 0.00 0.29

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

What they get cited for

10 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    8 · 3 OOS
    Lights 3 · Brakes 2 · Cargo securement 2 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Hours of service 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)
No liability filing on FMCSA's record through May 14, 2026.
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record

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
  • Maryland (HQ) 11
  • Delaware 2