BAY AREA MOVERS INC

DOT# 495669 MC# 208027 Portsmouth, VA Authorized For-Hire
(757) 487-5550 jean.mcrae@bayareamoversva.com 1 Victory Court, Portsmouth VA 23702
8 power units · all owned 7 drivers
Intrastate Only
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
34 yrs history · 10 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
8
Drivers · CDL
7 · 2
Annual miles
80k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 5 0 0 5
Tractors 3 0 0 3
Trailers 1 0 0 1

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
08-24-1992 (34 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
11-18-2024 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
ROBIN VILLERS
Officer
JEAN B MCRAE

Cargo

64.9
medium risk
Household Goods Intermodal Containers General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Household Goods

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.

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).

Intrastate Only

Intrastate-only carrier — not required to file MCS-150. May be inspected less frequently than interstate carriers. Safety rates may have lower statistical confidence.

Not enough record to grade yet.

10 inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one. It leans better than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but not by enough to grade.

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 0.6× as often as the median active fleet of 6–9 trucks.

80% likely range 0.16×–1.77×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.1
Similar fleets
0.2

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-7 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (8 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.2 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Out-of-service orders 1.79× the rate expected for its inspections, but unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.50×. Together they barely move its crash estimate: 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.

  • Lapse in liability filings
    244 days without a liability filing on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2023 – Jan 13, 2024) while the authority required one. A filing received later can be back-dated and close a lapse. Not in the grade.
    Ask: what covered the fleet during the gap.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 7 of 23 violations (30%). Brake or light defects led to 4 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    60.0% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (6 of 10). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 1.79× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
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, Nov 2024 – May 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
10
20% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
60.0%
6 of 10
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
10.0%
1 of 10
National avg 6.7%
Violations
23
9 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 2 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 3 inspections, 2 out of service 3 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26
vs 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.039
Inspections 0.75 1.41
Violations 1.44 1.44
Critical violations 0.31 0.26

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

What they get cited for

23 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    22 · 8 OOS
    Brakes 7 · Lights 7 · Tires 5 · Other parts 3
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    Medical certificate 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

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)
$750,000 · COREPOINTE INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jan 13, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 2024
Cargo filing
required · on file · WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY since Jan 13, 2025
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY → COREPOINTE INSURANCE COMPANY (Jan 2026); ARI INSURANCE COMPANY → WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY (Jan 2024)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer, replaced before it took effect
  • 244 days without a liability filing (May 14, 2023 – Jan 13, 2024) while the authority required one; a later back-dated filing can close a lapse
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since May 6, 2025)

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
  • Virginia (HQ) 10