CARDELLA TRUCKING CO INC
DBA: CARDELLA WASTE SERVICES
FMCSA Live Status
Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 70
- Drivers · CDL
- 69 · 69
- Annual miles
- 1.5M unreliable
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 70 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| Tractors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trailers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Registration
- Organization
- CORPORATION
- FMCSA Rating
- Satisfactory (05-09-2011) · 15 yr old
- Registered
- 01-19-1990 (36 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 04-04-2025 (Biennial Update)
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 07, 2026
- Officer
- MICHAEL CARDELLA
- Officer
- MICHELE A VAN ORDEN
Cargo
Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.
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 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.
Similar fleets: for-hire 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 about 0.7× as often as the median active fleet of 50–99 trucks.
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.
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Driver qualification2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 no valid CDL (Aug 2025 – Jan 2026).Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
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Cargo securement and tiresCargo securement are 10 of 47 violations (21%). Cargo securement or tire defects led to 17 out-of-service orders.Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
- 4 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
- Driver out-of-service rate 3.3% vs 6.7% national.
- No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
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Unreliable reported mileageThe motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
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Estimated mileageNo usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.
Track record
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.029 | 0.018 |
| Inspections | 0.71 | 0.58 |
| Violations | 0.34 | 0.23 |
| Critical violations | 0.12 | 0.04 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 50–99 power units, low-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
47 violations · 24 months-
Vehicle maintenance No alert42 · 20 OOSCargo securement 10 · Tires 9 · Brakes 8 · Lights 3 · Steering & suspension 1 · 11 more
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Unsafe driving No alert2 · 0 OOSReckless / lane 1 · Seat belt 1
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Driver fitness No alert2 · 2 OOSNo valid CDL 2
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Hours of service No alert1 · 0 OOSNo log 1
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
Violations by quarter
Tap a category to show or hide itCrashes
24 months-
Aug62026New JerseyProperty damage onlyWet road, dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Jul242026New JerseyProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Jun222026New JerseyProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Feb62026New JerseyProperty damage onlyDark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.
FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Where it happens
- New Jersey (HQ) 34
- New York 24
- Pennsylvania 2
57% of inspections were in its home state.
How this grade is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook
The FRED Score predicts this motor carrier's crash risk over the next 12 months — how often they're likely to crash and how severe those crashes tend to be — versus a typical fleet of its size (70 power units: 70 filed, 40 seen roadside in 24 months).
We'd expect a typical fleet of 70 power units this active to have about 1.9 crashes a year. This motor carrier recorded 11 in its scoring window (Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026, about 3.7 a year) — about 1.9× a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 2.5 over the next 12 — about 1.3× the typical fleet. When this motor carrier does crash, those crashes tend to be substantially more severe than average — roughly 3.3× the injury/fatal weight of a typical crash.
- 1 inspection with no out-of-service result
FRED multiplies three factors: the class rate a fleet of this size, class and activity is expected to run, a violation relativity from its roadside record, and its own crash experience over 36 months weighted by how much exposure stands behind it. The grade is the band of the resulting relativity to class, then the screens.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
AB Property| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
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| Unsafe Driving | 2 | 0.31 | |
| HOS Compliance | 1 | 0.04 | |
| Driver Fitness | 2 | 0.29 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 20 | 4.42 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (01-DEC-25 – 31-MAR-25) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.