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DOT #2185197 · R & B TRUCKING LLC

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R & B TRUCKING LLC

DOT# 2185197 Springfield, KY Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire

(859) 336-0145 josephrmattingly@gmail.com 1924 Hickory Camp Road, Springfield KY 40069

21 tractors · all owned 18 drivers 1.1M mi/yr · ~53k per unit

Marginal

FRED Score 36.7 / 100

Low confidence

15 yrs history · 12 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units: 21
Drivers · CDL: 18 · 12
Annual miles: 1.1M

Type	Own	Total
Trucks	0	0
Tractors	21	21
Trailers	22	22

Registration

Registered: 08-23-2011 (15 yrs)
MCS-150 Update: 06-06-2025
FRED Score Date: Nov 08, 2026
Officer: JOSEPH R. MATTINGLY

Cargo

17.4

minimal risk

Grain/Feed/Hay Dry Bulk

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 a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 20–49 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 1.40×

ExcellentStrongSatisf.SatisfactoryMarginalPoorCritical

▲ Similar fleets 1.0×

Expected crashes, next 12 months

0.8 vs 0.6 for similar fleets

Likely 0–2 crashes

This motor carrier

0.8

Similar fleets

0.6

Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months

~2%

About 1.4× similar fleets.

What's driving the grade

Crash history

betterworse

Leans worse, not yet proven. 3 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1.5 a year), all 3 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.6 a year. The grade counts 4 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.

Roadside inspections

betterworse

Worse than peers. Violations 1.58× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.32× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +9%: 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.

Injury crashes

3 crashes with 3 people hurt in 24 months.

Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
Lights and brakes

Lights are 8 of 14 violations (57%).

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Strengths

No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026

Crashes

0 fatalities · 3 injuries · 0 tow-aways

Inspections

42% clean (no violations)

Vehicle out-of-service

12.5%

1 of 8

National avg 22.3%

Driver out-of-service

8.3%

1 of 12

National avg 6.7%

Violations

2 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Kentucky (about 22 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order

vs 408 peer fleets

	This motor carrier	Peers
Crashes	0.048	0.029
Inspections	0.40	0.74
Violations	0.33	0.42
Critical violations	0.05	0.08

	This motor carrier	Peers
Crashes	0.090	0.098
Inspections	0.76	2.45
Violations	0.63	1.73
Critical violations	0.09	0.28

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, minimal-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

14 violations · 24 months

Vehicle maintenance No alert

11 · 1 OOS

Lights 8 · Brakes 1 · Tires 1 · Other parts 1
Unsafe driving No alert

2 · 0 OOS

Speeding 2
Hours of service No alert

1 · 1 OOS

No log 1
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

Jan

7

2026

Kentucky
Injury · 1 person hurt
Wet road, dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
Apr

7

2025

Kentucky
Injury · 1 person hurt
Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
Sep

25

2024

Kentucky
Injury · 1 person hurt
Wet road, dark - not lighted, rain, two-way trafficway not divided.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

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

Kentucky (HQ) 12

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 (21 power units: 21 filed, 6 seen roadside in 24 months).

Crash Outlook vs Peer Fleet

crashes per year · same scale

Average peer fleet

0.6

Actual, per year in window

1.3

Projected, next 12 mo

0.8

0 0.75 1.5

We'd expect a typical fleet of 21 power units this active to have about 0.6 crashes a year. This motor carrier recorded 4 in its scoring window (Oct 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026, about 1.3 a year) — about 2.4× a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 0.8 over the next 12 — about 1.4× the typical fleet. When this motor carrier does crash, those crashes tend to be substantially more severe than average — roughly 3.3× the injury/fatal weight of a typical crash.

Fatal-crash risk: about 2% chance in the next 12 months

Modeled fatal-crash rate is roughly 1.4× that of similar fleets (likelihood of at least one fatal crash, from its exposure and safety profile).

Track Record Used

Crashes Oct 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026 · inspections Nov 1, 2024 → Oct 31, 2026 · data as of Nov 4, 2026

Inside that window: 13 inspections and 4 crashes. The FMCSA record tables now hold 11 inspections and 3 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 Oct 1, 2023, inspections before Nov 1, 2024

1 inspection with no out-of-service result

Confidence: Low · Z = 0.20 (posterior 0.32 × exposure corroboration)

Marginal — 1.40x its class rate (cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11). Class rate 0.027 crashes per power-unit-year for a 21-unit for-hire fleet (pu20_49). Violations 1.09x (driver behaviour 1.32x, out-of-service 1.24x, all violations 1.58x; 13 inspections). Experience 1.29x: 1.8 decayed crashes against 0.9 expected over 36 months (credibility 0.32, a 1.98). 80% range 0.58–2.38x. Last change: fleet size or class.

Since the previous weekly run the risk relativity moved -2.3%, driven by fleet size or class attributes.

Scoring flags Thin record (low credibility: little exposure behind the grade)

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

2.7 crashes per 100 power-unit-years

21 power units · 0.56 expected crashes a year

Violation relativity

1.09×

13 inspections in window

Crash experience

1.29×

1.8 decayed crashes vs 0.9 expected · credibility 0.32

Driver behaviour

1.32×

Out-of-service rate

1.24×

All violations

1.58×

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 1.40× (80% range 0.58–2.38×) · band Marginal · cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11, Critical above

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FMCSA records

BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.

FMCSA BASIC Scores

AB Property

Total Inspections

Driver Insp

Driver OOS

Vehicle Insp

Vehicle OOS

BASIC	Insp w/ Viol	Measure
Unsafe Driving	2	1.33
HOS Compliance	1	0.31
Driver Fitness	0	0.00
Controlled Substances	0	0.00
Vehicle Maintenance	4	9.71

SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (04-DEC-25 – 28-AUG-26) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.

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Fleet & equipment

Registration

Cargo

Worth a closer look

Track record

What they get cited for

Violations by quarter

Crashes

Insurance filed with FMCSA

Where it happens

Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook

FMCSA BASIC Scores

FMCSA Inspection Records

FMCSA Crash Records

FMCSA Violation Records

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Fleet & equipment

Registration

Cargo

Worth a closer look

Track record

What they get cited for

Violations by quarter

Crashes

Insurance filed with FMCSA

Where it happens

Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook

FMCSA BASIC Scores

FMCSA Inspection Records

FMCSA Crash Records

FMCSA Violation Records