ABNER GARZA

DBA: GARZA'S TRUCKING

DOT# 2802172 MC# 936570 Brownsville, TX Authorized For-Hire
(956) 293-8694 garzastrucking@aol.com 2924 Tampico St, Brownsville TX 78521
3 tractors 4 drivers 241k mi/yr · ~80k per unit
Marginal
FRED Score 37.1 / 100
Low confidence
11 yrs history · 18 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
3
Drivers · CDL
4 · 3
Annual miles
241k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 2 1 0 3
Trailers 2 1 0 3

Registration

Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Within 100 miles)
Registered
09-23-2015 (11 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
10-09-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
ABNER GARZA
Officer
VIDAL GARZA

Cargo

58.5
medium risk
Household Goods Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Building Materials Fresh Produce Beverages Other: FLY ASH US Mail Dry Bulk Paper Products Utility Farm Supplies Construction Coal/Coke
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Household Goods, 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.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

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: for-hire fleets of 6–9 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 6–9 trucks.

This motor carrier 1.39×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.6 vs 0.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.6
Similar fleets
0.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About 1.4× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), all 2 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 2.48×, violations 1.31× and out-of-service orders 1.28× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +15%. 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
    2 crashes with 2 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    50.0% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (5 of 10). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 1.28× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 2 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
18
44% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
50.0%
5 of 10
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 18
National avg 6.7%
Violations
31
6 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.333 0.039
Inspections 5.33 1.41
Violations 5.17 1.44
Critical violations 0.83 0.26

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

What they get cited for

31 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    21 · 6 OOS
    Brakes 3 · Lights 3 · Tires 3 · Wheels & hubs 2 · Steering & suspension 1 · 9 more
  • Hours of service No alert
    8 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 7 · Over hours limit 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 1 · Seat belt 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
  • Oct
    30
    2025
    Texas
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jul
    30
    2025
    Oklahoma
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

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 · UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC (risk retention group)
on record since May 4, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 2017
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
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC (Jan 2026); TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Jan 2025)
  • 3 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 3 took effect (the last Jan 23, 2026, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 3

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jan 26, 2026)

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
  • Texas (HQ) 8
  • Georgia 3
  • Alabama 2
  • Arkansas 2
  • Louisiana 2
  • Iowa 1