JOHNNIE T MELIA COMPANY INC

DBA: JOHNNIE T MELIA MOVING & STORAGE

DOT# 436264 MC# 303554 DUNS# 94826740 Houston, TX Authorized For-Hire
(713) 683-8585 brandon@jtmeliamoving.com 2527 Fairway Park Dr, Houston TX 77092-7606
8 power units 5 drivers
Marginal Provisional: the filed fleet isn't backed up by the roadside record (only 2 of the 8 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 30.2 / 100
Prior-only confidence
35 yrs history · 1 roadside inspection

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
8
Drivers · CDL
5 · 0
Annual miles
60k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 3 5 0 8
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 4 0 0 4

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Beyond 100 miles)
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (03-05-2009) · 17 yr old
Registered
02-12-1991 (35 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-23-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
ROSEMARY RODRIGUEZ
Officer
BRANDON MELIA

Cargo

66.7
medium risk
Household Goods Other: OFFICE FURNITURE
High-Risk Cargo
Household Goods, Other: OFFICE FURNITURE

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 a 60% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire 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 0.5× as often as the median active fleet of 6–9 trucks.

This motor carrier 1.56×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.1
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About 1.6× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Out-of-service orders 1.72× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +5%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

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.

  • Little roadside history
    Only 1 inspection in 24 months for 8 power units; the record says little either way.
    Ask: confirm the fleet is operating at the filed size.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
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.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.
  • 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, Aug 2025 – Aug 2025 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
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
100.0%
1 of 1
National avg 6.7%
Violations
2
1 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '25
vs 70,135 peer fleets
Inspections per power unit look like an outlier vs peers; read these rates with care.
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.062 0.039
Inspections 0.06 1.41
Violations 0.12 1.44
Critical violations 0.00 0.26

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

What they get cited for

2 violations · 24 months
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    Medical certificate 1
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Brakes 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Hours of service 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
    2
    2026
    Indiana
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

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)
$750,000 · TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.
on record since Apr 1, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 2017
Cargo filing
required · on file · TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC. since Apr 1, 2024
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since May 12, 2014)

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
  • Mississippi 1