3 VALLES TRUCKING LLC

DOT# 3981979 MC# 1494363 Brighton, CO Authorized For-Hire
(720) 299-4921 karlosmartinez977@gmail.com 14550 Harvest Rd, Brighton CO 80603
3 tractors · all owned 3 drivers
Marginal
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Low confidence
4 yrs history · 13 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
3
Drivers · CDL
3 · 3
Annual miles
38k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 3 0 0 3
Trailers 3 0 0 3

Registration

Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Beyond 100 miles)
Registered
11-07-2022 (4 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
11-07-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
JAVIER MARTINEZ

Cargo

54.7
medium risk
General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Construction
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).

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

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.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 1.7× as often as the median active fleet of 6–9 trucks.

This motor carrier 1.87×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.87× similar fleets) is in the Poor range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Poor line (1.57×), so the grade stays Marginal.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.6 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.6
Similar fleets
0.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About 1.9× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Out-of-service orders 3.62×, violations 3.61× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 3.31× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +40%. 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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Drivers put out of service
    18 out-of-service violations against drivers: 10 hours of service, 6 no valid CDL, 2 English proficiency (Dec 2024 – Jan 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Lights and tires
    Lights are 9 of 52 violations (17%). Light or tire defects led to 5 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Driver out-of-service rate
    92.3% of driver inspections end out of service vs 6.7% nationally (12 of 13). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 3.62× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
Strengths
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 4
  • 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, Dec 2024 – Jan 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
13
0% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
50.0%
3 of 6
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
92.3%
12 of 13
National avg 6.7%
Violations
52
25 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in Colorado (about 4 in 24 months would be typical; 31% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 2 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 5 inspections, 5 out of service 5 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 3 inspections, 3 out of service 3 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q1 '26
vs 57,512 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.333 0.043
Inspections 2.33 1.58
Violations 8.67 1.56
Critical violations 2.33 0.29

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

What they get cited for

52 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    25 · 7 OOS
    Lights 9 · Tires 8 · Brakes 2 · Cargo securement 2 · Steering & suspension 1 · 3 more
  • Hours of service No alert
    12 · 10 OOS
    No log 10 · Logbook / ELD paperwork 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    9 · 8 OOS
    No valid CDL 6 · English proficiency 2 · Medical certificate 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    6 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 3 · Speeding 2 · Other 1
  • 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
  • Jul
    22
    2026
    Colorado
    Property damage only
    Ice road, dusk, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Jan
    13
    2026
    Colorado
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, 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: NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO RRG, LLC, ended Feb 25, 2026 (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
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY → NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO RRG, LLC (Jul 2024)
  • 9 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 8 took effect (the last Feb 25, 2026, not replaced on FMCSA's record); 1 replaced before it took effect
  • 8 days without a liability filing (Nov 12, 2023 – Nov 20, 2023) 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 Mar 3, 2026)

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
  • Colorado (HQ) 8
  • Texas 3
  • Arkansas 2