MUNDS ENERGY INC

DOT# 3695947 MC# 1291270 Hutchinson, KS Authorized For-Hire
(620) 662-7281 sbuscher@mundsenergy.com 2701 E 4th Ave, Hutchinson KS 67501
130 tractors · all owned 98 drivers 10.2M mi/yr · ~78k per unit
HazMat
Strong
FRED Score 86.4 / 100
Moderate confidence
5 yrs history · 281 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
130
Drivers · CDL
98 · 98
Annual miles
10.2M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 130 0 0 130
Trailers 180 0 0 180

Registration

Registered
08-06-2021 (5 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
07-15-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
MARK MUNDS
Officer
STANLEY LEE BUSCHER

Cargo

57.8
medium risk
Liquids/Gases 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.

Expected crash rate is about 36% lower than similar fleets.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 100–199 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 0.64×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
3.6 vs 5.6 for similar fleets
Likely 1–7 crashes
This motor carrier
3.6
Similar fleets
5.6
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~9%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 7 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 3.5 a year), including 1 fatal (1 death) and 2 with injuries; similar fleets have about 5.6 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 9% below typical. The grade counts 16 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Out-of-service orders 0.14×, violations 0.16× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.61× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -30%. 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.

  • Fatal crash
    1 crash with 1 fatality in 24 months (most recent Mar 14, 2025).
    Ask: the accident register and loss runs for these crashes.
  • Injury crashes
    2 crashes with 6 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 no valid CDL (Mar 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Hazmat violations
    15 hazmat violations, 3 out of service.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 2.8% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.4% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 76% of inspections found no violations.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2
  • High speeding: 7

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
7
1 fatality · 9 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
281
76% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
2.8%
7 of 254
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.4%
1 of 281
National avg 6.7%
Violations
85
11 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 27 inspections, 0 out of service 27 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 35 inspections, 4 out of service 35 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 32 inspections, 1 out of service 32 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 36 inspections, 0 out of service 36 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 45 inspections, 0 out of service 45 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 43 inspections, 1 out of service 43 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 43 inspections, 1 out of service 43 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 16 inspections, 1 out of service 16 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 4 inspections.
vs 1,871 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.027 0.024
Inspections 1.72 0.91
Violations 0.33 0.51
Critical violations 0.07 0.10

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 100–199 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

85 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    40 · 6 OOS
    Brakes 15 · Lights 15 · Tires 4 · Wheels & hubs 1 · Other parts 5
  • Hours of service No alert
    15 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 8 · Over hours limit 5 · False log 1 · No log 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    13 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 7 · Reckless / lane 5 · Phone use 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    No valid CDL 2
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
  • Hazmat
    15 · 3 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
  • May
    30
    2025
    Oklahoma
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.
  • Apr
    12
    2025
    Kansas
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Mar
    14
    2025
    Kansas
    Fatal · 1 death
    Daylight, blowing sand soil dirt or snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Mar
    14
    2025
    Kansas
    Injury · 5 people hurt
    Daylight, blowing sand soil dirt or snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Feb
    4
    2025
    Missouri
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Jan
    4
    2025
    Kansas
    Property damage only
    Ice road, daylight, sleet hail, one-way trafficway not divided.
  • Nov
    8
    2024
    Kansas
    Property damage only
    Wet road, daylight, rain.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$2,000,000 · National Interstate Insurance Company
on record since Nov 12, 2021 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Aug 2021
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
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Aug 30, 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
  • Kansas (HQ) 170
  • Oklahoma 64
  • Missouri 16
  • Colorado 15
  • Illinois 5
  • Nebraska 3
  • Texas 3
  • Federal inspectors 3

60% of inspections were in its home state.