JACK KEY AUTO TRANSPORT INC

DBA: JACK KEY AUTO TRANSPORT

DOT# 275346 MC# 193564 DUNS# 275118711 Dallas, TX Authorized For-Hire
(972) 557-8210 tonya@jkat.com 9779 Cf Hawn, Dallas TX 75217
15 tractors · all owned 10 drivers 663k mi/yr · ~44k per unit
HazMat
Marginal
FRED Score 35.1 / 100
Low confidence
40 yrs history · 4 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
15
Drivers · CDL
10 · 10
Annual miles
663k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 15 0 0 15
Trailers 15 0 0 15

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (04-11-2008) · 18 yr old
Registered
06-30-1986 (40 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
07-01-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
JAMES KEY

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.

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 10–19 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 1.44×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About 1.4× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 1 injury crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.3 a year. The grade counts 2 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Out-of-service orders 1.75× and violations 1.38× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +7%: 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
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Little roadside history
    Only 4 inspections in 24 months for 15 power units, where interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks in Texas average about 29; the record says little either way.
    Ask: confirm the fleet is operating at the filed size (the MCS-150 was last updated Jul 2025).

Track record

FMCSA record, Nov 2024 – Mar 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
4
25% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
100.0%
2 of 2
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 4
National avg 6.7%
Violations
9
3 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks in Texas (about 29 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '26
vs 1,189 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.067 0.028
Inspections 0.23 0.79
Violations 0.30 0.56
Critical violations 0.03 0.12

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 10–19 power units, high-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

9 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    8 · 3 OOS
    Brakes 7 · Lights 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • 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
  • Nov
    14
    2025
    Louisiana
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, fog, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

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)
$750,000 · NORTH RIVER INSURANCE CO.
on record since Dec 13, 2023 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 1994
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: NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY → NORTH RIVER INSURANCE CO. (Oct 2023)
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 1 took effect (the last Oct 1, 2023, 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: 2

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Dec 14, 2023)

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
  • Louisiana 2
  • Arkansas 1
  • Utah 1