KRYSTAL TRANSPORT LLC
(586) 329-4318
JKOTECI@KRYSTALTRANS.COM
2212 Maplecrest Rd # 11, Fort Wayne IN 46815
101
tractors
104 drivers
10.7M mi/yr · ~106k per unit
BASIC Alerts:
Substances
Marginal
FRED Score 39.4 / 100
High confidence
16 yrs history · 268 roadside inspections
FMCSA Live Status
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Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 101
- Drivers · CDL
- 104 · 104
- Annual miles
- 10.7M
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tractors | 44 | 57 | 0 | 101 |
| Trailers | 77 | 94 | 0 | 171 |
Registration
- FMCSA Rating
- Satisfactory (07-29-2019) · 7 yr old
- Registered
- 02-22-2010 (16 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 05-06-2026
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 07, 2026
- Officer
- JON KOTECI
- Officer
- JON KOTECI
Cargo
58.5
medium risk
Household Goods
General Freight
Building Materials
Fresh Produce
Beverages
Other: AUTO PARTS
Dry Bulk
Paper Products
Construction
Coal/Coke
- High-Risk Cargo
- General Freight, Household Goods
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.
Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.
Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 100–199 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 1.6× as often as the median active fleet of 100–199 trucks.
This motor carrier 1.33×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.SatisfactoryMarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
9.5 vs 7.2 for similar fleets
Likely 4–15 crashes
This motor carrier
9.5
Similar fleets
7.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~23%
About 1.3× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 18 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 9 a year), including 6 with injuries; similar fleets have about 7.2 a year. The grade counts 24 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.61× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -5%: 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.
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FMCSA BASIC alertOver FMCSA's intervention threshold in drugs & alcohol.Ask: any FMCSA warning letters and the corrective-action plan.
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Injury crashes6 crashes with 7 people hurt in 24 months.Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
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Drivers put out of service3 out-of-service violations against drivers: 1 hours of service, 1 English proficiency, 1 no valid CDL (Jul 2025 – Dec 2025).Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
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Brakes and lightsBrakes are 68 of 227 violations (30%). Brake or light defects led to 22 out-of-service orders.Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
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Unsafe drivingCited 5 for speeding 15+ mph over or in a work zone.Ask: telematics, speed governance and phone policy.
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Hazmat violations3 hazmat violations, 1 out of service.
Strengths
- Driver out-of-service rate 1.1% vs 6.7% national.
Data flags
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Dangerous driving: 13
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Excessive speeding: 10
Track record
FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026
· grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
18
0 fatalities · 7 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
268
53% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
31.1%
46 of 148
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
1.1%
3 of 268
National avg 6.7%
Violations
227
54 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter
With an out-of-service order
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 4 inspections.
vs 1,871 peer fleets
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.094 | 0.024 |
| Inspections | 1.90 | 0.91 |
| Violations | 1.12 | 0.51 |
| Critical violations | 0.19 | 0.10 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 100–199 power units, medium-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
227 violations · 24 months-
Vehicle maintenance No alert175 · 50 OOSBrakes 68 · Lights 54 · Tires 25 · Wheels & hubs 6 · Steering & suspension 3 · 19 more
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Unsafe driving No alert37 · 0 OOSReckless / lane 15 · Speeding 12 · Seat belt 3 · Other 7
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Hours of service No alert10 · 1 OOSLogbook / ELD paperwork 9 · No log 1
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Driver fitness No alert2 · 2 OOSEnglish proficiency 1 · No valid CDL 1
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Drugs & alcohol FMCSA alert0
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Hazmat3 · 1 OOS
Out-of-service violations
“No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold
Violations by quarter
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Crashes
24 months-
Aug242026MissouriProperty damage onlyDawn.
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Jun182026MichiganInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Jun162026ArkansasInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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May22026AlabamaProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Mar302026OhioProperty damage onlyDaylight, one-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.
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Mar262026MissouriProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
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Feb272026TexasProperty damage onlyDaylight.
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Jan272026MichiganProperty damage onlyWet road, daylight, snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Dec32025IllinoisInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
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Oct92025TennesseeInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Aug162025ArkansasInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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May122025MichiganInjury · 2 people hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier. FMCSA: not preventable.
10 more in the FMCSA records below.
6 of the 18 crashes hurt someone but killed no one.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA sinceToday · live FMCSA check
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- Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
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$750,000 · DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)on record since Feb 24, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Mar 2010
- 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
- One liability insurer throughout
- 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 1 took effect (the last Feb 24, 2026, replaced the same day); 1 replaced before it took effect
- 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 Feb 12, 2026)
FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record
34 filings and 24 authority events since 2010 · FMCSA record through May 14, 2026
Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record
34 filings and 24 authority events since 2010 · FMCSA record through May 14, 2026
Newest first. Insurer names as filed. FMCSA does not publish why a filing was cancelled.
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Feb 24, 2026DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)Liability · $750,000 · on fileL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 28, 2026FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Feb 12, 2026opened after DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH) filed a cancellation notice (effective Feb 24, 2026)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Sep 24, 2025DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)Liability · $750,000 · ended Feb 24, 2026 · cancellation notice took effect5 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Feb 24, 2023DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)Liability · $750,000 · ended Sep 24, 2025 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Oct 29, 2025 came after the replacement; 31 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Feb 24, 2021NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Feb 24, 2023 · replaced by another insurera cancellation notice effective Mar 28, 2023 came after the replacement; 24 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 24, 2020NAVIGATORS INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Feb 24, 2021 · replaced by another insurera cancellation notice effective Mar 17, 2021 came after the replacement; 11 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Feb 26, 2020FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Mar 24, 2020opened after AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Mar 24, 2020)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 23, 2020AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Mar 24, 2020 · cancellation notice took effect2 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 3, 2020FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jan 24, 2020opened after AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Jan 30, 2020)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jul 3, 2019AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Jan 23, 2020 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Jan 30, 2020 came after the replacement; 7 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 24, 2019AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Jul 3, 2019 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Aug 1, 2019 came after the replacement; 3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Feb 25, 2019FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Mar 22, 2019opened after AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Mar 24, 2019)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 7, 2018AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Mar 24, 2019 · cancellation notice took effect4 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 3, 2018FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Dec 7, 2018opened after AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Dec 30, 2018)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 24, 2018AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Dec 7, 2018 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Dec 30, 2018 came after the replacement; 8 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Feb 26, 2018FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Mar 22, 2018opened after AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Mar 24, 2018)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 1, 2017AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Mar 24, 2018 · cancellation notice took effect6 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Sep 5, 2017FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Sep 11, 2017opened after AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Oct 1, 2017)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jul 1, 2017AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Oct 1, 2017 · cancellation notice took effect3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 24, 2017AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Jul 1, 2017 · cancellation notice took effect3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Feb 27, 2017FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Mar 22, 2017opened after AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Mar 24, 2017)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jul 7, 2016AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Mar 24, 2017 · cancellation notice took effect9 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jun 10, 2016FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jun 30, 2016opened after AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Jul 7, 2016)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 24, 2016AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Jul 7, 2016 · replaced by the same insurer (renewal)3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 24, 2016AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Jul 7, 2016 · cancellation notice took effect3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
What the terms mean
- Liability filing (BIPD):
- The insurer's certificate (form BMC-91 or 91X) that the motor carrier carries bodily-injury and property-damage liability at or above FMCSA's minimum. A BMC-82 is the same promise made by a surety bond.
- FMCSA minimum:
- $750,000 for general freight in vehicles of 10,001 lb or more; $300,000 under 10,001 lb; $1,000,000 for oil and some hazardous materials; $5,000,000 for bulk hazardous materials (49 CFR 387.9).
- Primary / excess:
- An excess filing sits on top of a primary one; together they make the total filed limit.
- Replaced:
- A new filing took over from this one. Replaced the same day is an ordinary change of insurer or renewal.
- Cancellation notice:
- Form BMC-35 (insurance) or BMC-36 (bond): the insurer tells FMCSA the filing ends in 30 days. The insurer files it whether the insurer or the motor carrier ended the policy; FMCSA does not publish the reason.
- Cancellation processed by FMCSA:
- FMCSA itself ended the filing, for example when the authority was revoked.
- Lapse:
- Time with no liability filing on FMCSA's record while the authority required one. A filing received later can be back-dated, which closes a lapse after the fact.
- Suspended for insurance:
- FMCSA suspended the operating authority because no filing meeting the minimum was on file. FMCSA's records state this reason only since May 14, 2026; before then they show a revocation notice without a cause.
- FMCSA notice resolved in time:
- Before May 14, 2026, FMCSA served a revocation notice when a required filing lapsed and dropped it when the filing was restored. The notice does not say which filing lapsed.
- Suspension notice:
- Since May 14, 2026, FMCSA serves a notice that the authority will be suspended on a date unless the missing filing is restored. The notice does not say which filing.
- Cargo filing:
- Form BMC-34. FMCSA has required it only of household-goods motor carriers and forwarders since 2011, so most motor carriers' cargo policies are not on FMCSA's record.
- Broker bond / trust fund:
- Form BMC-84 (surety bond) or BMC-85 (trust fund): the $75,000 security a broker or freight forwarder must keep on file.
- Self-insurance authority:
- FMCSA lets a few large motor carriers carry their own liability; it appears as a filing by "Self-Insured".
- Risk retention group:
- An insurer owned by its policyholders (often trucking groups). It is not covered by state insurance guaranty funds.
- FMCSA record through:
- The date of the FMCSA file this section was built from. Dockets FMCSA's new system has not yet published are shown from the legacy record, frozen on May 14, 2026.
FMCSA's record of the insurance filed for this motor carrier's operating authority (forms BMC-91/91X liability, BMC-34 cargo, BMC-84/85 broker bond or trust), not the motor carrier's full insurance program. Only for-hire motor carriers with operating authority file with FMCSA; private and intrastate-only motor carriers keep proof of insurance at their place of business, so no filing does not mean no insurance. A filed limit is the amount the insurer certified to FMCSA, which can be below the policy's full limits; cargo and bond filings are shown as on file or not because FMCSA records the federal minimum rather than the policy amount. FMCSA's new registration system (May 14, 2026) publishes a partial set of dockets; a docket not yet in it is shown from the legacy record, frozen on that date, and the live check above is today's reading. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Where it happens
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Inspections by state
- Michigan 73
- Texas 47
- Arkansas 26
- Ohio 19
- Illinois 17
- Kentucky 15
- Tennessee 15
- Missouri 14
Runs well beyond its home state: 12 of 268 inspections were in Indiana.
How this grade is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
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 (108 power units: 101 filed, 108 seen roadside in 24 months).
Crash Outlook vs Peer Fleet
crashes per year · same scale
Average peer fleet
7.2
Actual, per year in window
8.0
Projected, next 12 mo
9.5
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6
12
We'd expect a typical fleet of 108 power units this active to have about 7.2 crashes a year (sized from the 108 units seen roadside; 101 filed). This motor carrier recorded 24 in its scoring window (Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026, about 8.0 a year). Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 9.5 over the next 12 — about 1.3× the typical fleet. When this motor carrier does crash, those crashes tend to be substantially more severe than average — roughly 3.2× the injury/fatal weight of a typical crash.
Fatal-crash risk: about 23% chance in the next 12 months
Modeled fatal-crash rate is roughly 1.3× that of similar fleets (likelihood of at least one fatal crash, from its exposure and safety profile).
Track Record Used
Crashes Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026 · inspections Oct 1, 2024 → Sep 30, 2026 · data as of Oct 29, 2026
Inside that window:
265 inspections
and 24 crashes.
The FMCSA record tables now hold 264 inspections and 18 crashes in that window — the SMS data moved after this grade was computed.
Outside the scoring window
on the FMCSA record · not in this grade
Aged out — crashes before Sep 1, 2023, inspections before Oct 1, 2024
- Out-of-service inspection Sep 25, 2024 · TX · level 2 · 1 vehicle OOS · 1 violation
- 3 further inspections with no out-of-service result
Confidence: High · Z = 0.78
Marginal — 1.33x its class rate (cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11). Class rate 0.066 crashes per power-unit-year for a 108-unit for-hire fleet (pu100_199). Violations 0.95x (driver behaviour 0.95x, out-of-service 0.90x, all violations 0.61x; 265 inspections). Experience 1.40x: 15.9 decayed crashes against 10.5 expected over 36 months (credibility 0.78, a 2.95). 80% range 0.92–1.77x. Fleet sized at 108 units from roadside VINs (101 filed). Last change: no change since the last run.
No change since the previous weekly run.
What Drives This Score
1.00× = this motor carrier's class rate
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.
Class rate
6.6 crashes per 100 power-unit-years
108 power units (101 filed, 108 seen roadside) · 7.16 expected crashes a year
Violation relativity
0.95×
265 inspections in window
Crash experience
1.40×
15.9 decayed crashes vs 10.5 expected · credibility 0.78
Driver behaviour
Out-of-service rate
All violations
0×1× class2×+
Each sub-relativity is shrunk toward its cohort rate when the record is thin (Bühlmann credibility), so a short record reads close to 1.00×.
Relativity to class 1.33× (80% range 0.92–1.77×)
· band Marginal
· cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11, Critical above
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
AB PropertyTotal Inspections
268
Driver Insp
268
Driver OOS
3
Vehicle Insp
148
Vehicle OOS
46
| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
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| Unsafe Driving | 36 | 2.60 | |
| HOS Compliance | 8 | 0.09 | |
| Driver Fitness | 2 | 0.03 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 94 | 5.16 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (01-APR-25 – 31-MAY-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.