ELIO EXPRESS INC

DBA: ELIO EXPRESS

DOT# 2293395 MC# 805843 Palatine, IL Authorized For-Hire
(847) 383-7707 andreivirschi@gmail.com 1296 W Northwest Hwy, Palatine IL 60067
22 tractors 22 drivers 1.7M mi/yr · ~79k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Moderate confidence
14 yrs history · 147 roadside inspections
Upside capped

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
22
Drivers · CDL
22 · 22
Annual miles
1.7M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 21 1 0 22
Trailers 21 1 0 22

Registration

Registered
04-09-2012 (14 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
10-21-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
ANDREI VIRSCHI
Officer
LIUDMILA CERNEANU

Cargo

59.6
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls 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.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.75× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • Strong withheld: the posterior is not confident enough that risk sits below 0.76× class

The downside is never capped.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% 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 0.75×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.8 vs 1.1 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.8
Similar fleets
1.1
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 1 injury crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 1.1 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 6% below typical. The grade counts 3 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Violations 0.34×, out-of-service orders 0.47× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.50× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -20%. 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.
  • Driver qualification
    3 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 English proficiency, 1 no valid CDL (Jul 2025 – Jun 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Brakes and tires
    Brakes are 12 of 52 violations (23%). Brake or tire defects led to 8 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 15.7% vs 22.3% national; driver 2.0% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
147
74% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
15.7%
13 of 83
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
2.0%
3 of 147
National avg 6.7%
Violations
52
18 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Illinois (about 38 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 22 inspections, 5 out of service 22 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 17 inspections, 0 out of service 17 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 23 inspections, 1 out of service 23 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 25 inspections, 3 out of service 25 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 9 inspections, 0 out of service 9 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 13 inspections, 0 out of service 13 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 19 inspections, 5 out of service 19 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 18 inspections, 2 out of service 18 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 10,543 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.023 0.029
Inspections 4.93 1.12
Violations 1.18 0.78
Critical violations 0.34 0.15

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

What they get cited for

52 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    36 · 15 OOS
    Brakes 12 · Tires 7 · Cargo securement 4 · Lights 4 · Wheels & hubs 3 · 6 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    9 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 4 · Reckless / lane 3 · Other 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    4 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 3 · False log 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    3 · 3 OOS
    English proficiency 2 · No valid CDL 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
  • Sep
    12
    2025
    Georgia
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight. Citation issued.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Northland Insurance Company
on record since Nov 1, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Oct 2012
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 7, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY → Northland Insurance Company (Nov 2025); NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY → BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY (Nov 2024)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Nov 19, 2012)

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
  • California 32
  • Washington 14
  • New Mexico 13
  • Colorado 11
  • Oregon 8
  • Wyoming 8
  • Montana 7
  • Utah 7

Runs well beyond its home state: 4 of 147 inspections were in Illinois.