ARC EXPRESS INC

DOT# 4093379 MC# 1559862 Palatine, IL Authorized For-Hire
(224) 775-4218 arcexpress24@gmail.com 632 W Colfax St Unit 1a, Palatine IL 60067-2356
60 power units 60 drivers 5.6M mi/yr · ~93k per unit
Strong
FRED Score 79.2 / 100
Moderate confidence
3 yrs history · 247 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
60
Drivers · CDL
60 · 59
Annual miles
5.6M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 1 0 1
Tractors 44 14 0 58
Trailers 48 10 1 59

Registration

Registered
06-21-2023 (3 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-22-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
CRISTINA COADA

Cargo

61.4
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Intermodal Containers General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Other: PAPER PRODUCT STEEL COILS STEEL BEAMS METAL PRODUCTS STEEL Dry Bulk Utility Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, 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 probably lower than similar fleets (about a 90% 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 1.7× as often as the median active fleet of 50–99 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.71×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
3.1 vs 4.3 for similar fleets
Likely 1–6 crashes
This motor carrier
3.1
Similar fleets
4.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~8%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Better than peers. 4 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 2 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 4.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.55× and out-of-service orders 1.53× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +10%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history. 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
    15 out-of-service violations against drivers: 12 hours of service, 2 no valid CDL, 1 English proficiency (Jan 2025 – Sep 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 76 of 330 violations (23%). Brake or light defects led to 33 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    41.4% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (60 of 145). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 1.53× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
  • Falsified logs
    6 false-log violations in 24 months.
    Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
Strengths
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 9
  • High speeding: 8

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
4
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
247
46% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
41.4%
60 of 145
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
5.3%
13 of 247
National avg 6.7%
Violations
330
101 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 23 inspections, 6 out of service 23 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 33 inspections, 13 out of service 33 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 31 inspections, 7 out of service 31 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 24 inspections, 3 out of service 24 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 20 inspections, 2 out of service 20 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 40 inspections, 15 out of service 40 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 28 inspections, 11 out of service 28 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 45 inspections, 12 out of service 45 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 4,520 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.025 0.025
Inspections 2.21 0.91
Violations 2.75 0.53
Critical violations 0.58 0.11

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 50–99 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

330 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    259 · 86 OOS
    Brakes 76 · Lights 66 · Cargo securement 37 · Tires 32 · Wheels & hubs 12 · 36 more
  • Hours of service No alert
    36 · 12 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 24 · False log 6 · No log 4 · Over hours limit 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    32 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 15 · Speeding 9 · Seat belt 5 · Other 3
  • Driver fitness No alert
    3 · 3 OOS
    No valid CDL 2 · English proficiency 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
  • Aug
    5
    2026
    Mississippi
    Property damage only
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Feb
    17
    2026
    Washington
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • May
    20
    2025
    Texas
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway not divided. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Nov
    9
    2024
    Nebraska
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$750,000 · Hoxbridge Insurance Company, Inc.
on record since Aug 25, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Aug 2023
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
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY → HOXBRIDGE INSURANCE COMPANY INC (Aug 2024)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer; 1 took effect (the last Aug 25, 2025, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Aug 31, 2023)

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
  • California 37
  • New Mexico 18
  • South Dakota 14
  • Montana 13
  • Colorado 12
  • Texas 12
  • Iowa 10
  • Arizona 9

Runs well beyond its home state: 3 of 247 inspections were in Illinois.