R-OWN EXPRESS INC

DOT# 284585 MC# 181429 DUNS# 826568917 Lansing, IL Authorized For-Hire
(708) 889-0957 matt@rownexpress.com 1865 Bernice Road Suite 1, Lansing IL 60438
13 tractors · all leased 13 drivers
Marginal Provisional: the filed fleet isn't backed up by the roadside record (only 3 of the 13 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months), so the grade can't lean on this motor carrier's own history until the fleet size is confirmed.
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Prior-only confidence
40 yrs history · 1 roadside inspection

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
13
Drivers · CDL
13 · 13
Annual miles
309k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 0 13 0 13
Trailers 0 13 0 13

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (02-16-2006) · 20 yr old
Registered
12-30-1986 (40 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-17-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
MATTHEW T MENDER
Officer
THOMAS RONDINELLI

Cargo

62.7
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Intermodal Containers General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Other: STEEL Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, 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.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 13 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 3 units seen in 24 months, 0.04 inspections per filed unit-year. The grade's relativity to class is unchanged; its confidence tier is cut to reflect the unverified exposure, and until the fleet is confirmed an Excellent grade shows as Strong and a Strong as Satisfactory. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire 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 1.88×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.88× similar fleets) is in the Poor range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Poor line (1.57×), so the grade stays Marginal.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.4 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.4
Similar fleets
0.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About 1.9× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.2 a year. The grade counts 3 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
About typical. Out-of-service orders, violations and unsafe-driving or hours-of-service violations are all close to the rate expected for its inspections.

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 3 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 3 of the 13 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (1 inspection in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 13 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule.
Data flags
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.
  • Limited inspection history
    Fewer than 5 roadside inspections on record, so there isn't enough data to score this motor carrier with high confidence — the score leans more on peers.

Track record

FMCSA record, Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 3 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
1
100% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
—
no inspections
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 1
National avg 6.7%
Violations
0
0 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 16,659 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.077 0.031
Inspections 0.04 1.11
Violations 0.00 0.89
Critical violations 0.00 0.17

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

What they get cited for

0 violations · 24 months

No violations on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Jun
    30
    2026
    Indiana
    Property damage only
    Daylight.
  • Oct
    1
    2025
    Illinois
    Injury · 3 people hurt
    Dark - lighted, 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 · ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Sep 1, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since May 1994
Cargo filing
required · on file · ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY since Sep 1, 2024
Broker or forwarder bond
required · none on file
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer, replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jun 8, 2021)

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
  • Illinois (HQ) 1