STUART'S AUTOMOTIVE INC

DOT# 472537 MC# 732678 Lowell, MA Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(978) 459-6629 stuartsauto117@gmail.com 97 Tanner Street, Lowell MA 01852
10 power units · all owned 10 drivers
Strong
FRED Score 78.3 / 100
Low confidence
34 yrs history · 4 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
10
Drivers · CDL
10 · 0
Annual miles
75k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 10 0 0 10
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Organization
INDIVIDUAL
Registered
02-27-1992 (34 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
11-14-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
KEVIN STUART
Officer
KENNETH STUART

Cargo

76.5
high risk
Motor Vehicles
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

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 lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 10–19 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 0.72×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.2 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Out-of-service orders 0.45× and violations 0.49× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -12%: 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 4 inspections in 24 months for 10 power units, where interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks in Massachusetts average about 8; the record says little either way.
    Ask: confirm the fleet is operating at the filed size (the MCS-150 was last updated Nov 2025).
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.

Track record

FMCSA record, Apr 2025 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
4
50% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 3
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 4
National avg 6.7%
Violations
3
0 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks in Massachusetts (about 8 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 1,193 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.028
Inspections 0.35 0.80
Violations 0.15 0.56
Critical violations 0.05 0.12

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 10–19 power units, high-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

3 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Lights 1 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 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

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

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)
$1,000,000 · SAFETY INSURANCE CO.
on record since Jan 22, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 2015
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: THE COMMERCE INSURANCE COMPANY → SAFETY INSURANCE CO. (Jan 2025)
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers, each replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jan 23, 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
  • Massachusetts (HQ) 2
  • Connecticut 1
  • New Hampshire 1