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DOT #1998793 · D & C VARGAS TRANSPORT INC
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D & C VARGAS TRANSPORT INC

DOT# 1998793 MC# 708108 Harrison, NJ Authorized For-Hire
(732) 754-5435 elmvar73@hotmail.com 700 S 1st Street, Harrison NJ 07029
1 tractors · all owned 3 drivers
Marginal
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Low confidence
16 yrs history · 29 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
1
Drivers · CDL
3 · 3
Annual miles
770k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 1 0 0 1
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

FMCSA Rating
Conditional (05-13-2017)historical — superseded by active authority (reviewed 9 yr ago)
Registered
02-23-2010 (16 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-25-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
ELMER D. VARGAS
Officer
ELMER D. VARGAS

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.

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.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears implausibly high for fleet size. 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 higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

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.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 1.5× as often as the median active fleet of 2–5 trucks.

This motor carrier 1.58×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.58× similar fleets) is in the Poor range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Poor line (1.57×), so the grade stays Marginal.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.4 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.4
Similar fleets
0.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About 1.6× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.2 a year. The grade counts 4 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Out-of-service orders 1.52× and violations 1.31× 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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 11 of 35 violations (31%). Brake or light defects led to 3 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    43.8% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (7 of 16). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 1.52× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 3.4% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Unusual inspection rate
    Inspections per truck fall outside the normal range (1st–99th percentile), which can point to a mis-reported fleet size or data issues.
  • Historical FMCSA safety rating
    FMCSA once rated this motor carrier Conditional or Unsatisfactory, but the rating is stale or superseded — the motor carrier still holds active operating authority (a current Unsatisfactory would have it revoked), so it does not reflect current standing. Shown for context, not as a current finding.

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – May 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
29
45% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
43.8%
7 of 16
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
3.4%
1 of 29
National avg 6.7%
Violations
35
9 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 1 truck in New Jersey (about 2 in 24 months would be typical; 60% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 6 inspections, 2 out of service 6 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 4 inspections, 2 out of service 4 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 3 inspections, 3 out of service 3 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 2 inspections.
vs 29,453 peer fleets
Inspections per power unit look like an outlier vs peers; read these rates with care.
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 1.000 0.055
Inspections 22.50 2.39
Violations 17.50 2.15
Critical violations 3.00 0.42

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

What they get cited for

35 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    27 · 8 OOS
    Brakes 11 · Lights 7 · Tires 4 · Steering & suspension 2 · Wheels & hubs 2 · 1 more
  • Hours of service No alert
    5 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 4 · No log 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 1 · Speeding 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    Other qualification 1
  • 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
  • Jul
    20
    2025
    Arizona
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Jun
    8
    2025
    Arizona
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$750,000 · DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Mar 11, 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 Nov 2, 2026
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 4 changes: ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY (Mar 2026); DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY → ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Feb 2026); PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC → DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY (Feb 2025)
  • 4 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 3 took effect (the last Feb 7, 2025, replaced the same day); 1 replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 4

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Apr 8, 2010)

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
  • New Mexico 12
  • Missouri 5
  • Illinois 4
  • Ohio 3
  • Arizona 1
  • California 1
  • Oklahoma 1
  • Pennsylvania 1

Runs well beyond its home state: 0 of 29 inspections were in New Jersey.

Data sourced from FMCSA. The FRED Score is an analytical opinion and is not an FMCSA safety rating. Unless a motor carrier has received an Unsatisfactory safety rating under 49 CFR Part 385 or has otherwise been ordered to discontinue operations by FMCSA, it is authorized to operate. This information is provided for informational purposes only and should not be the sole basis for any decision. Report generated · fred-score.com/carrier/1998793