DBC ENTERPRISES INC

DOT# 418669 MC# 217401 DUNS# 620922864 Walker, MI Authorized For-Hire
(313) 299-2167 hpalmer@ilgi.com 3744 Dykstra Ave, Walker MI 49544
27 tractors · all leased 23 drivers 1.8M mi/yr · ~68k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
36 yrs history · 19 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
27
Drivers · CDL
23 · 23
Annual miles
1.8M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 0 27 0 27
Trailers 0 80 0 80

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (09-01-1999) · 27 yr old
Registered
08-22-1990 (36 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
11-03-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
HOLLY PALMER
Officer
CRAIG LOWERY

Cargo

58.8
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Fresh Produce Other: AUTO PARTS Paper Products Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
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.

Not enough record to grade yet.

19 inspections and 3 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 20–49 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

80% likely range 0.50×–1.81×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.9 vs 0.9 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.9
Similar fleets
0.9

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-6 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

Ask
Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (27 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 3 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1.5 a year), including 1 fatal (1 death) and 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.9 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.63× and violations 0.70× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -7%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Fatal crash
    1 crash with 1 fatality in 24 months (most recent Dec 3, 2024).
    Ask: the accident register and loss runs for these crashes.
  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 9 of 22 violations (41%). Light or brake defects led to 6 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    46.2% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (6 of 13), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 1.08× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
3
1 fatality · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
19
42% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
46.2%
6 of 13
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 19
National avg 6.7%
Violations
22
8 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 4 inspections, 3 out of service 4 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 11,996 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.056 0.027
Inspections 0.57 1.02
Violations 0.41 0.71
Critical violations 0.06 0.14

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

22 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    20 · 8 OOS
    Lights 9 · Brakes 5 · Cargo securement 2 · Tires 2 · Other parts 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 1 · Speeding 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness 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
  • May
    20
    2026
    Michigan
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • May
    1
    2025
    Ohio
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Dec
    3
    2024
    Michigan
    Fatal · 1 death
    Ice road, daylight, snow, two-way trafficway not divided. FMCSA: not preventable.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Great West Casualty Co
on record since Nov 1, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Nov 2004
Cargo filing
on file · RLI INSURANCE COMPANY since Nov 1, 2010
Broker or forwarder bond
$75,000 surety bond (BMC-84) · Hartford Fire Insurance Company since Apr 4, 1998
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY → Great West Casualty Co (Nov 2025)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer; 1 took effect (the last Nov 1, 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 Jun 17, 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
  • Michigan (HQ) 16
  • Pennsylvania 2
  • Ohio 1