ATCHESON'S EXPRESS LLC

DOT# 499031 MC# 292011 DUNS# 622557551 City Of Orange, CA Authorized For-Hire
(714) 808-9199 carlos@atchesonexpress.com 2290 N Batavia Ave, City Of Orange CA 92665
12 power units 10 drivers 410k mi/yr · ~34k per unit
HazMat
Satisfactory
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Low confidence
34 yrs history · 21 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
12
Drivers · CDL
10 · 10
Annual miles
410k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 2 0 0 2
Tractors 8 2 0 10
Trailers 32 0 0 32

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Beyond 100 miles)
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (05-04-2009) · 17 yr old
Registered
09-24-1992 (34 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
01-10-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
JESSICA MOLINAR
Officer
CHAD LUCAS

Cargo

54.3
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Liquids/Gases General Freight Beverages Grain/Feed/Hay US Mail Dry Bulk Paper Products Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight

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 (0.75× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • Strong withheld: the posterior is not confident enough that risk sits below 0.76× class

The downside is never capped.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire 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 0.75×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.3
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 0.3 a year. The grade counts 1 crash in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.46× and violations 0.73× 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.

  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 6 of 12 violations (50%). Brake or light defects led to 3 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Hazmat violations
    1 hazmat violation, 1 out of service.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
21
71% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
17.6%
3 of 17
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 21
National avg 6.7%
Violations
12
5 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 16,659 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.031
Inspections 1.29 1.11
Violations 0.50 0.89
Critical violations 0.12 0.17

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

What they get cited for

12 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    10 · 4 OOS
    Brakes 6 · Lights 2 · Tires 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
  • Hazmat
    1 · 1 OOS
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 · STARSTONE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Mar 1, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Feb 2001
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: WILLIAMSBURG NATIONAL INS CO. → STARSTONE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Mar 2026)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer, replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Mar 2, 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
  • California (HQ) 21

Mostly inspected in its home state (100%).