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VLAD K INC

DOT# 2905656 MC# 977842 Durham, NC Authorized For-Hire
(423) 790-4303 vk2016inc@gmail.com 1323 Shiley Dr, Durham NC 27704
6 tractors · all owned 6 drivers
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
10 yrs history · 19 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
6
Drivers · CDL
6 · 6
Annual miles
120k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 6 0 0 6
Trailers 6 0 0 6

Registration

Registered
06-30-2016 (10 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
06-18-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
VLADIMIR KARASEV

Cargo

59.5
medium risk
General Freight Other: PLASTICS, DRY FOODS,
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 (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

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).

Not enough record to grade yet.

19 inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one. It leans better than similar fleets (about a 60% chance), but not by enough to grade.

Similar fleets: interstate 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.

80% likely range 0.30×–1.80×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.3

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-7 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (6 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.3 a year. The grade counts 1 crash in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Violations 1.55× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.43× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +8%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Falsified logs
    3 false-log violations in 24 months.
    Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    40.0% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (4 of 10), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 1.01× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1
  • 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.

Track record

FMCSA record, Jul 2025 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
19
26% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
40.0%
4 of 10
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 19
National avg 6.7%
Violations
44
7 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 6–9 trucks in North Carolina (about 10 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 7 inspections, 2 out of service 7 Q3 '26
vs 57,512 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.043
Inspections 1.75 1.58
Violations 3.67 1.56
Critical violations 0.33 0.29

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

What they get cited for

44 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    35 · 7 OOS
    Brakes 12 · Lights 10 · Cargo securement 4 · Other parts 9
  • Hours of service No alert
    7 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 4 · False log 3
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Other 2
  • 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

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

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 · PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jul 9, 2024 · 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 May 14, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: CANAL INSURANCE CO. → PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY (Jul 2024); PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY → CANAL INSURANCE CO. (Jun 2023)
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 1 took effect (the last Jun 30, 2024, replaced 9 days later); 1 replaced before it took effect
  • 8 days without a liability filing (Jun 30, 2024 – Jul 8, 2024) while the authority required one; a later back-dated filing can close a lapse
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Sep 17, 2024)

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
  • Arkansas 3
  • Alabama 2
  • Iowa 2
  • Kentucky 2
  • North Carolina (HQ) 2
  • Arizona 1
  • Colorado 1
  • Georgia 1
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/2905656