EDELMIRO MELENDEZ HEREBIA

DBA: TRANSPORTES MEL-HER

DOT# 2977258 MX# 19567 Matamoros, TA Authorized For-Hire
(868) 308-6068 melendeztrucks01@gmail.com Carretera A Reynosa Km 22 S N, Matamoros TA 87351
12 tractors · all owned 12 drivers
HazMat
Strong
FRED Score 90.0 / 100
Low confidence
9 yrs history · 274 roadside inspections
Upside capped

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
12
Drivers · CDL
12 · 12
Annual miles
26k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 12 0 0 12
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
02-21-2017 (9 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
07-21-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
EDELMIRO MELENDEZ HEREBIA

Cargo

56.6
medium risk
Liquids/Gases General Freight Fresh Produce Other: METAL SCRAP Chemicals
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.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.48× similar fleets) would put it in Excellent; this rule holds it at Strong:

  • Excellent withheld: too little expected exposure to prove it (under 0.3 expected crashes in 36 months)

The downside is never capped.

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 lower than similar fleets (about a 90% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 50–99 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 under a tenth as often as the median active fleet of 50–99 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.48×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Most likely none
This motor carrier
0.1
Similar fleets
0.1
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.05× and out-of-service orders 0.70× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -32%. 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
    4 out-of-service violations against drivers: 4 no valid CDL (Sep 2025 – Sep 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 202 of 600 violations (34%). Brake or light defects led to 25 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Hazmat violations
    16 hazmat violations, 2 out of service.
  • Cross-border operation
    258 inspections on Mexico-plated units; 70% of all inspections were in Texas.
    Ask: operating radius and Mexico lanes.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 1.1% 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.
  • Unusual inspection rate
    Inspections per truck fall outside the normal range (1st–99th percentile), which can point to a mis-reported fleet size or data issues.
  • Mexico-domiciled motor carrier
    Domiciled in Mexico — cross-border operating rules and inspection patterns differ from US-based motor carriers.

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
274
27% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
18.8%
47 of 250
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
1.1%
3 of 274
National avg 6.7%
Violations
600
61 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks nationwide (about 124 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 13 inspections, 2 out of service 13 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 14 inspections, 3 out of service 14 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 14 inspections, 4 out of service 14 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 31 inspections, 8 out of service 31 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 52 inspections, 10 out of service 52 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 50 inspections, 7 out of service 50 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 39 inspections, 7 out of service 39 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 58 inspections, 8 out of service 58 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 3 inspections.
vs 14,144 peer fleets
Inspections per power unit look like an outlier vs peers; read these rates with care.
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.034
Inspections 16.96 1.23
Violations 25.00 0.97
Critical violations 0.92 0.18

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

What they get cited for

600 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    518 · 55 OOS
    Brakes 202 · Lights 136 · Cargo securement 23 · Tires 16 · Steering & suspension 7 · 134 more
  • Driver fitness No alert
    65 · 4 OOS
    English proficiency 61 · No valid CDL 4
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Other 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
  • Hazmat
    16 · 2 OOS
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 7, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
FMCSA lists no liability minimum for this authority.
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record

Mexico-domiciled operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Apr 6, 2017)

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 193
  • Federal inspectors 81

Runs well beyond its home state: 0 of 274 inspections were in TA.