RUSCHE'S TRUCKING INC
FMCSA Live Status
Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 18
- Drivers · CDL
- 14 · 14
- Annual miles
- 400k unreliable
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Tractors | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Trailers | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Registration
- Organization
- CORPORATION
- Registered
- 03-03-1993 (33 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 03-11-2025 (Biennial Update)
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 08, 2026
- Officer
- MICHAEL L RUSCHE
Cargo
Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.
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).
Runs within Michigan only. Intrastate fleets in Michigan are inspected about 1 a year for every 16 trucks; interstate fleets, about 1 a year for every 2 trucks. So this record rests mainly on crash reports, which states file for intrastate trucks too, and few inspections are ordinary here.
Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 90% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.
Similar fleets: intrastate 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.
Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.5× as often as the median active fleet of 10–19 trucks.
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.
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Injury crashes1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
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Lights and brakesLights are 7 of 17 violations (41%). Light or brake defects led to 2 out-of-service orders.Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
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Unreliable reported mileageThe motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
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Estimated mileageNo usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.
Track record
Inspected more often than intrastate fleets of 10–19 trucks in Michigan (about 3 in 24 months would be typical; 48% of them had none).
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.111 | 0.017 |
| Inspections | 0.19 | 0.58 |
| Violations | 0.47 | 0.51 |
| Critical violations | 0.11 | 0.07 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, 10–19 power units, minimal-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
17 violations · 24 months-
Vehicle maintenance No alert15 · 4 OOSLights 7 · Brakes 3 · Cargo securement 2 · Other parts 3
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Unsafe driving No alert2 · 0 OOSSeat belt 2
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Hours of service No alert0
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Driver fitness No alert0
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
Violations by quarter
Tap a category to show or hide itCrashes
24 months-
May292026MichiganProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
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Oct272025MichiganProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
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Sep272025MichiganProperty damage onlyDaylight, fog, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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May122025MichiganInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway not divided.
1 of the 4 crashes hurt someone but killed no one.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.
FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Where it happens
- Michigan (HQ) 6
How this grade is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook
The FRED Score predicts this motor carrier's crash risk over the next 12 months — how often they're likely to crash and how severe those crashes tend to be — versus a typical fleet of its size (18 power units: 18 filed, 6 seen roadside in 24 months).
We'd expect a typical fleet of 18 power units this active to have about 0.3 crashes a year. This motor carrier recorded 5 in its scoring window (Oct 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026, about 1.7 a year) — about 4.9× a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 0.7 over the next 12 — about 2.0× the typical fleet. When this motor carrier does crash, those crashes tend to be substantially more severe than average — roughly 3.4× the injury/fatal weight of a typical crash.
FRED multiplies three factors: the class rate a fleet of this size, class and activity is expected to run, a violation relativity from its roadside record, and its own crash experience over 36 months weighted by how much exposure stands behind it. The grade is the band of the resulting relativity to class, then the screens.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
C Property| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
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| Unsafe Driving | 2 | 0.70 | |
| HOS Compliance | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Driver Fitness | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 6 | 7.12 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (05-AUG-25 – 22-JUN-26) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.