CANDLEWOOD VALLEY MOTORS LLC

DOT# 2013430 MC# 825309 New Milford, CT Authorized For-Hire
(860) 354-2277 mikevochis@yahoo.com 514 Danbury Rd, New Milford CT 06776
5 power units · all owned 5 drivers 280k mi/yr · ~56k per unit
HazMat
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
16 yrs history · 0 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
5
Drivers · CDL
5 · 0
Annual miles
280k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 5 0 0 5
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
03-29-2010 (16 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
08-29-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
ROBERTA DOLES
Officer
CHARLES VOCHIS

Cargo

76.5
high risk
Motor Vehicles
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles

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.

Not enough record to grade yet.

No inspections and 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

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.

80% likely range 0.32×–2.69×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ 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

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-3 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (5 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 1 injury crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
No roadside record. No inspections in the scoring window, so roadside results leave its estimate at typical.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Little roadside history
    Only 0 inspections in 24 months for 5 power units, where interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in Connecticut average about 5; the record says little either way.
    Ask: confirm the fleet is operating at the filed size (the MCS-150 was last updated Aug 2025).
Data flags
  • Limited inspection history
    Fewer than 5 roadside inspections on record, so there isn't enough data to score this motor carrier with high confidence — the score leans more on peers.

Track record

FMCSA record, last 24 months · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
0
roadside inspections
Vehicle out-of-service
—
no inspections
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
—
no inspections
National avg 6.7%
Violations
0
0 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in Connecticut (about 5 in 24 months would be typical; 40% of them had none).

vs 4,749 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.100 0.038
Inspections 0.10 1.38
Violations 0.00 1.31
Critical violations 0.00 0.27

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

What they get cited for

0 violations · 24 months

No violations on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • May
    31
    2025
    Connecticut
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Wet road, daylight, rain, two-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.

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)
$1,000,000 · OHIO SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since May 17, 2019 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since May 2012
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
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jun 24, 2019)

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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