COBRA EXPRESS LLC

DOT# 3357022 MC# 1074334 North Plainfield, NJ Authorized For-Hire
(908) 696-3037 cobraexpressnj@gmail.com 99 Belmont Ave Apt 2, North Plainfield NJ 07060
1 tractors · all owned 1 drivers
Poor
FRED Score 10.0 / 100
Low confidence
7 yrs history · 7 roadside inspections
Current FMCSA Conditional rating (12-27-2025)

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
1
Drivers · CDL
1 · 1
Annual miles
15k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 1 0 0 1
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Beyond 100 miles)
FMCSA Rating
Conditional (12-27-2025)
Registered
11-12-2019 (7 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
11-03-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
RAFAEL ROFRIGUEZ
Officer
ROSA D BLANCO

Cargo

64.0
medium risk
General Freight
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.

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 a 90% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire 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 1.8× as often as the median active fleet of 2–5 trucks.

This motor carrier 2.12×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Critical. Its estimate (2.12× similar fleets) is in the Critical range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Critical line (2.11×), so the grade stays Poor.
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 2.1× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 3 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.2 a year. The grade counts 4 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Violations 2.38×, out-of-service orders 2.14× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.70× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +21%. 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.

  • Lapse in liability filings
    89 days without a liability filing on FMCSA's record, the longest of 2 lapses in 36 months while the authority required one. A filing received later can be back-dated and close a lapse. Not in the grade.
    Ask: what covered the fleet during the gap.
  • Drivers put out of service
    3 out-of-service violations against drivers: 3 hours of service (Apr 2025 – Aug 2025).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
Strengths
  • 3 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
Data flags
  • Current adverse FMCSA safety rating
    FMCSA currently rates this motor carrier Conditional or Unsatisfactory — a recent formal finding of safety-management deficiencies. Treat as a serious underwriting concern.
  • 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, Nov 2024 – Jan 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
3
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
7
14% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 4
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
42.9%
3 of 7
National avg 6.7%
Violations
17
3 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 2 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q1 '26
vs 39,348 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 1.500 0.046
Inspections 4.00 1.94
Violations 8.50 1.82
Critical violations 1.00 0.34

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: Owner-Operator power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

17 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    11 · 0 OOS
    Lights 4 · Brakes 2 · Tires 1 · Other parts 4
  • Hours of service No alert
    5 · 3 OOS
    No log 4 · Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 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
3 crashes
  • Jan
    26
    2026
    New Jersey
    Property damage only
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Aug
    29
    2025
    New York
    Property damage only
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Apr
    28
    2025
    Virginia
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.

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)
No liability filing on FMCSA's record through May 14, 2026.
Last filing: TRAILBLAZERS INSURANCE COMPANY INC A RRG, ended Oct 29, 2025 (cancellation notice took effect).
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: DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY → TRAILBLAZERS INSURANCE COMPANY INC A RRG (Feb 2025); EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY → DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY (Jun 2024)
  • 5 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 5 took effect (the last Oct 29, 2025, not replaced on FMCSA's record)
  • 2 lapses in liability filings, 100 days in all (the longest 89 days) while the authority required one; a later back-dated filing can close a lapse
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 6

Operating authority inactive (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Nov 4, 2025)

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
  • Pennsylvania 3
  • Alabama 2
  • Connecticut 1
  • Louisiana 1