COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

DOT# 412285 Fort Collins, CO Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire / Private Property
(907) 491-6349 danette.french@colostate.edu 201 West Pitkin, Fort Collins CO 80523
90 power units 73 drivers
Satisfactory Provisional: the filed fleet isn't backed up by the roadside record (only 1 of the 90 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months), so the grade can't lean on this motor carrier's own history until the fleet size is confirmed.
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Prior-only confidence
52 yrs history · 1 roadside inspection
Upside capped

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
90
Drivers · CDL
73 · 62
Annual miles
250k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 22 38 0 60
Tractors 3 1 0 4
Trailers 13 70 0 83

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (03-12-2010) · 16 yr old
Registered
06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
08-11-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
Kimberly Nelson
Officer
DANETTE FRENCH

Cargo

66.5
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Machinery/Large Objects Livestock Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Building Materials Other: SNOW Grain/Feed/Hay Farm Supplies Construction Garbage/Refuse Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Machinery Large, Livestock, General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat

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.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.57× similar fleets) would put it in Excellent; these rules hold it at Satisfactory:

  • Excellent withheld: driver-behaviour relativity above 1.0×
  • Excellent withheld: fewer than 3 inspections
  • Upside withheld: under 0.1 inspections per filed power unit

The downside is never capped.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 90 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 1 unit seen in 24 months, 0.01 inspections per filed unit-year. The grade's relativity to class is unchanged; its confidence tier is cut to reflect the unverified exposure, and until the fleet is confirmed an Excellent grade shows as Strong and a Strong as Satisfactory. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

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).

Too little record to tell how this motor carrier's crash rate compares with similar fleets.

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.

This motor carrier 0.57×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.6 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.6
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.6 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.32× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they barely move its crash estimate.

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.

  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 1 of the 90 filed power units was seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (1 inspection in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 90 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule.
Data flags
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Unusual inspection rate
    Inspections per truck fall outside the normal range (1st–99th percentile), which can point to a mis-reported fleet size or data issues.
  • Limited inspection history
    Fewer than 5 roadside inspections on record, so there isn't enough data to score this motor carrier with high confidence — the score leans more on peers.

Track record

FMCSA record, Mar 2026 – Mar 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
1
0% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 1
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 1
National avg 6.7%
Violations
1
0 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26
vs 4,520 peer fleets
Inspections per power unit look like an outlier vs peers; read these rates with care.
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.025
Inspections 0.05 0.91
Violations 0.01 0.53
Critical violations 0.01 0.11

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

What they get cited for

1 violation · 24 months
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Vehicle maintenance 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

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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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

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Inspections by state
  • Colorado (HQ) 1