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D R V XPRESS LLC

DOT# 2869170 MC# 961764 Hillside, NJ Authorized For-Hire
(908) 875-9829 drvxpressllc@gmail.com 470 Hillside Ave, Hillside NJ 07205
5 power units · all owned 5 drivers 212k mi/yr · ~42k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 70.9 / 100
Low confidence
10 yrs history · 42 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
5
Drivers · CDL
5 · 5
Annual miles
212k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 5 0 0 5
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

FMCSA Rating
Conditional (11-05-2019)historical — superseded by active authority (reviewed 7 yr ago)
Registered
03-22-2016 (10 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
09-14-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
RUBEN VELARDE

Cargo

53.8
medium risk
General Freight Building Materials Other: DIRT SAND GRAVEL Construction
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.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu2_5) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 2–5 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 1.7× as often as the median active fleet of 2–5 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.80×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Out-of-service orders 1.47× and violations 1.46× the rate expected for its inspections, but unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.31×. Together they move its crash estimate -7%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history. 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.

  • Driver qualification
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 no valid CDL (Nov 2025 – Dec 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Tires and brakes
    Tires are 12 of 49 violations (24%). Tire or brake defects led to 14 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    36.4% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (12 of 33). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 1.47× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 4.8% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2
  • Historical FMCSA safety rating
    FMCSA once rated this motor carrier Conditional or Unsatisfactory, but the rating is stale or superseded — the motor carrier still holds active operating authority (a current Unsatisfactory would have it revoked), so it does not reflect current standing. Shown for context, not as a current finding.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
42
45% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
36.4%
12 of 33
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
4.8%
2 of 42
National avg 6.7%
Violations
49
20 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in New Jersey (about 8 in 24 months would be typical; 37% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 8 inspections, 3 out of service 8 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 4 inspections, 2 out of service 4 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 10 inspections, 1 out of service 10 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 5 inspections, 4 out of service 5 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 9 inspections, 2 out of service 9 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q3 '26
vs 57,512 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.043
Inspections 6.60 1.58
Violations 4.90 1.56
Critical violations 0.30 0.29

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

What they get cited for

49 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    45 · 18 OOS
    Tires 12 · Brakes 9 · Lights 7 · Steering & suspension 3 · Wheels & hubs 3 · 11 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    No valid CDL 2
  • Hours of service 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

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$750,000 · Universal Casualty Risk Retention Group, Inc (risk retention group)
on record since Sep 21, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • 4 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 3 changes: SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → Universal Casualty Risk Retention Group, Inc (Sep 2026); TRAILBLAZERS INSURANCE COMPANY INC A RRG → SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Jun 2025); STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA → TRAILBLAZERS INSURANCE COMPANY INC A RRG (Jun 2024)
  • 10 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 7 took effect (the last Apr 9, 2026, replaced 165 days later); 3 replaced before they took effect
  • 2 lapses in liability filings, 19 days in all (the longest 11 days) while the authority required one; a later back-dated filing can close a lapse
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 7

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Sep 23, 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
  • New Jersey (HQ) 30
  • Connecticut 6
  • New York 5
  • Pennsylvania 1

71% of inspections were in its home state.

Data sourced from FMCSA. The FRED Score is an analytical opinion and is not an FMCSA safety rating. Unless a motor carrier has received an Unsatisfactory safety rating under 49 CFR Part 385 or has otherwise been ordered to discontinue operations by FMCSA, it is authorized to operate. This information is provided for informational purposes only and should not be the sole basis for any decision. Report generated · fred-score.com/carrier/2869170