ESSAR LOGISTICS LLC
(916) 426-2003
essarlogisticsllc@gmail.com
4142 E Commerce Way #100, Sacramento CA 95834
27
tractors
31 drivers
4.9M mi/yr · ~180k per unit
Poor
FRED Score 14.6 / 100
High confidence
11 yrs history · 156 roadside inspections
FMCSA Live Status
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Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 27
- Drivers · CDL
- 31 · 31
- Annual miles
- 4.9M
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tractors | 20 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| Trailers | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
Registration
- FMCSA Rating
- Satisfactory (02-23-2026)
- Registered
- 04-17-2015 (11 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 11-07-2025
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 08, 2026
- Officer
- HARK DHILLON
Cargo
55.7
medium risk
Meat
Refrigerated Food
General Freight
Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber
Fresh Produce
Beverages
Grain/Feed/Hay
US Mail
Dry Bulk
Paper Products
Coal/Coke
- High-Risk Cargo
- General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat
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 about 2.0× that of similar fleets.
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.
Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 1.5× as often as the median active fleet of 20–49 trucks.
This motor carrier 1.99×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.SatisfactoryMarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
5.0 vs 2.5 for similar fleets
Likely 2–9 crashes
This motor carrier
5.0
Similar fleets
2.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~13%
About 2.0× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Much worse than peers. 10 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 5 a year), including 1 fatal (1 death) and 4 with injuries; similar fleets have about 2.5 a year. The grade counts 13 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 2.64×, violations 1.51× and out-of-service orders 1.26× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +17%. 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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Fatal crash1 crash with 1 fatality in 24 months (most recent Jul 26, 2026).Ask: the accident register and loss runs for these crashes.
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Injury crashes4 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 service11 out-of-service violations against drivers: 7 hours of service, 4 no valid CDL (Nov 2024 – Aug 2026).Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
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Brakes and lightsBrakes are 48 of 236 violations (20%). Brake or light defects led to 14 out-of-service orders.Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
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Falsified logs13 false-log violations in 24 months.Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
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Unsafe drivingCited 10 for speeding 15+ mph over or in a work zone.Ask: telematics, speed governance and phone policy.
Strengths
- No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
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Dangerous driving: 8
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Excessive speeding: 17
Track record
FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026
· grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
10
1 fatality · 8 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
156
38% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
26.6%
21 of 79
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
7.1%
11 of 156
National avg 6.7%
Violations
236
41 out-of-service
Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in California (about 70 in 24 months would be typical).
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 1 inspection.
vs 10,543 peer fleets
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.204 | 0.029 |
| Inspections | 4.41 | 1.12 |
| Violations | 4.37 | 0.78 |
| Critical violations | 0.76 | 0.15 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
236 violations · 24 months-
Vehicle maintenance No alert145 · 30 OOSBrakes 48 · Lights 46 · Tires 10 · Cargo securement 7 · Steering & suspension 3 · 31 more
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Hours of service No alert53 · 7 OOSLogbook / ELD paperwork 30 · False log 13 · No log 10
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Unsafe driving No alert34 · 0 OOSSpeeding 17 · Reckless / lane 11 · Seat belt 4 · Other 2
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Driver fitness No alert4 · 4 OOSNo valid CDL 4
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
Out-of-service violations
“No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold
Violations by quarter
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Crashes
24 months-
Aug182026KansasProperty damage onlyDark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Aug92026IowaInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
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Jul262026OklahomaFatal · 1 deathDark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Jul242026NevadaInjury · 4 people hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
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Jul162026CaliforniaProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Nov92025ArizonaProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
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Aug222025OklahomaProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Jul42025PennsylvaniaProperty damage onlyDark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Jun282025PennsylvaniaInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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May72025PennsylvaniaInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
2 more in the FMCSA records below.
1 of the 10 crashes was fatal.
4 of the 10 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 · UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC (risk retention group)on record since Aug 31, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Sep 2015
- 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
- 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY → UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC (Aug 2025)
- 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 1 took effect (the last Aug 31, 2025, 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 Sep 2, 2025)
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
37 filings and 33 authority events since 2015 · FMCSA record through May 14, 2026
Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record
37 filings and 33 authority events since 2015 · 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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Aug 31, 2025UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC (risk retention group)Liability · $750,000 · on fileL&I to May 14, 2026
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Aug 4, 2025FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Sep 2, 2025opened after SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Aug 31, 2025)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 28, 2025SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Aug 31, 2025 · cancellation notice took effect7 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Aug 31, 2022SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Jan 28, 2025 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Mar 8, 2025 came after the replacement; 29 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Aug 4, 2022FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Aug 22, 2022cause not stated in FMCSA's older recordsL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jul 25, 2022PRIME INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Aug 31, 2022 · replaced by another insurer1 month in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jun 28, 2022FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jul 12, 2022opened after PRIME INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Jul 25, 2022)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 7, 2022Operating authority reinstatedL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 30, 2022Operating authority revoked (cause not stated)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 24, 2022PRIME INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Jul 25, 2022 · cancellation notice took effect4 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 24, 2021PRIME INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Mar 24, 2022 · cancellation notice took effect3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Nov 29, 2021FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Dec 23, 2021opened after PRIME INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Dec 24, 2021)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Aug 31, 2021PRIME INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Dec 24, 2021 · cancellation notice took effect4 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Aug 4, 2021FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Sep 1, 2021opened after KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Aug 31, 2021)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Aug 31, 2020KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Aug 31, 2021 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Aug 6, 2020NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.Liability · $750,000 · ended Aug 31, 2020 · replaced by another insurer1 month in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jul 10, 2020FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Aug 3, 2020opened after NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO. filed a cancellation notice (effective Aug 6, 2020)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jun 8, 2020NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.Liability · $750,000 · ended Aug 6, 2020 · cancellation notice took effect2 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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May 12, 2020FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jun 8, 2020opened after NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO. filed a cancellation notice (effective Jun 8, 2020)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 13, 2020NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.Liability · $750,000 · ended Jun 8, 2020 · cancellation notice took effect3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Feb 18, 2020FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Mar 16, 2020opened after NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO. filed a cancellation notice (effective Mar 13, 2020)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 8, 2020NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.Liability · $750,000 · ended Mar 13, 2020 · cancellation notice took effect2 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 12, 2019FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jan 8, 2020opened after NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO. filed a cancellation notice (effective Dec 11, 2019)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 11, 2019NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.Liability · $750,000 · ended Jan 8, 2020 · cancellation notice took effect1 month in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Nov 14, 2019FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Dec 5, 2019opened after NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO. filed a cancellation notice (effective Dec 11, 2019)L&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
- California (HQ) 34
- Pennsylvania 16
- Indiana 13
- New Mexico 12
- Ohio 12
- Arizona 10
- Illinois 10
- Nevada 7
22% of inspections were in its home state.
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 (48 power units: 27 filed, 48 seen roadside in 24 months).
Crash Outlook vs Peer Fleet
crashes per year · same scale
Average peer fleet
2.5
Actual, per year in window
4.3
Projected, next 12 mo
5.0
0
3
6
We'd expect a typical fleet of 48 power units this active to have about 2.5 crashes a year (sized from the 48 units seen roadside; 27 filed). This motor carrier recorded 13 in its scoring window (Oct 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026, about 4.3 a year) — about 1.7× a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 5.0 over the next 12 — about 2.0× 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 13% chance in the next 12 months
Modeled fatal-crash rate is roughly 2.0× 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:
150 inspections
and 13 crashes.
The FMCSA record tables now hold 153 inspections and 10 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
- 3 inspections with no out-of-service result
Confidence: High · Z = 0.69
Poor — 1.99x its class rate (cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11). Class rate 0.053 crashes per power-unit-year for a 48-unit for-hire fleet (pu20_49). Violations 1.17x (driver behaviour 2.64x, out-of-service 1.26x, all violations 1.51x; 150 inspections). Experience 1.69x: 9.2 decayed crashes against 4.6 expected over 36 months (credibility 0.69, a 2.09). 80% range 1.24–2.82x. Fleet sized at 48 units from roadside VINs (27 filed). Last change: a new crash.
Since the previous weekly run the risk relativity moved +5.9%, driven by a new crash on the record.
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
5.3 crashes per 100 power-unit-years
48 power units (27 filed, 48 seen roadside) · 2.53 expected crashes a year
Violation relativity
1.17×
150 inspections in window
Crash experience
1.69×
9.2 decayed crashes vs 4.6 expected · credibility 0.69
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 1.99× (80% range 1.24–2.82×)
· band Poor
· 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
156
Driver Insp
156
Driver OOS
11
Vehicle Insp
79
Vehicle OOS
21
| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
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| Unsafe Driving | 33 | 7.01 | |
| HOS Compliance | 36 | 1.23 | |
| Driver Fitness | 4 | 0.26 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 53 | 7.11 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (01-JAN-25 – 31-DEC-25) 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.