RUSSELL TRANSPORT INC
(915) 542-1495
rabdeljaber@russelltransport.com
12365 Pine Springs, El Paso TX 79928
329
tractors · all owned
304 drivers
21.7M mi/yr · ~66k per unit
HazMat
Satisfactory
FRED Score 65.7 / 100
High confidence
33 yrs history · 723 roadside inspections
FMCSA Live Status
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Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 329
- Drivers · CDL
- 304 · 0
- Annual miles
- 21.7M
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tractors | 329 | 0 | 0 | 329 |
| Trailers | 830 | 0 | 0 | 830 |
Registration
- Organization
- CORPORATION
- FMCSA Rating
- Satisfactory (07-17-2014) · 12 yr old
- Registered
- 03-09-1993 (33 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 01-14-2025 (Address Change)
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 07, 2026
- Officer
- ROSA MARTIN
- Officer
- RAMI ABDELJABER
Cargo
65.0
medium risk
Motor Vehicles
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls
Intermodal Containers
General Freight
Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber
Building Materials
Beverages
Other: AUTO PARTS
COMPUTERS
US Mail
Dry Bulk
Paper Products
Construction
- High-Risk Cargo
- Motor Vehicles, 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.
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 200–499 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 200–499 trucks.
This motor carrier 0.87×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.SatisfactoryMarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
7.1 vs 8.2 for similar fleets
Likely 3–12 crashes
This motor carrier
7.1
Similar fleets
8.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~18%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 15 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 7.5 a year), including 9 with injuries; similar fleets have about 8.2 a year. The grade counts 25 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.52× the rate expected for its inspections, but violations 0.67×. Together they barely move its crash estimate: roadside results weigh far less than crash history. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.
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 crashes9 crashes with 13 people hurt in 24 months.Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
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Drivers put out of service22 out-of-service violations against drivers: 10 hours of service, 5 English proficiency, 4 medical certificate (Oct 2024 – Jul 2026).Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
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Brakes and lightsBrakes are 140 of 551 violations (25%). Brake or light defects led to 45 out-of-service orders.Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
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Falsified logs22 false-log violations in 24 months.Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
Strengths
- Driver out-of-service rate 2.8% vs 6.7% national.
- No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
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Dangerous driving: 29
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Excessive speeding: 16
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Substance violations: 1
Track record
FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026
· grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
15
0 fatalities · 13 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
723
60% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
20.1%
92 of 457
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
2.8%
20 of 723
National avg 6.7%
Violations
551
126 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter
With an out-of-service order
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 5 inspections.
vs 1,008 peer fleets
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.021 | 0.022 |
| Inspections | 1.67 | 0.74 |
| Violations | 0.84 | 0.32 |
| Critical violations | 0.19 | 0.07 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 200–499 power units, medium-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
551 violations · 24 months-
Vehicle maintenance No alert361 · 104 OOSBrakes 140 · Lights 82 · Tires 52 · Cargo securement 21 · Steering & suspension 12 · 54 more
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Hours of service No alert102 · 10 OOSLogbook / ELD paperwork 52 · Over hours limit 23 · False log 22 · No log 5
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Unsafe driving No alert73 · 0 OOSReckless / lane 23 · Speeding 18 · Seat belt 10 · Other 22
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Driver fitness No alert15 · 12 OOSEnglish proficiency 8 · Medical certificate 4 · No valid CDL 3
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
Out-of-service violations
“No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold
Violations by quarter
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Crashes
24 months-
Jun162026ArizonaProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Jun132026TexasInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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May72026TexasInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Apr82026New MexicoProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
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Jan272026TennesseeProperty damage onlyIce road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Oct212025TexasProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Mar222025TexasInjury · 2 people hurtDark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier. Citation issued.
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Jan92025TexasInjury · 1 person hurtIce road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
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Dec242024TexasInjury · 2 people hurtWet road, daylight, rain, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
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Nov222024GeorgiaInjury · 1 person hurtDawn, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier. FMCSA: not preventable.
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Nov182024IdahoInjury · 1 person hurtSnow road, dark - not lighted, blowing sand soil dirt or snow, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
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Oct72024TexasInjury · 1 person hurtDark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier. Citation issued.
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Oct72024TexasInjury · 3 people hurtDark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
7 more in the FMCSA records below.
9 of the 15 crashes hurt someone but killed no one.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026Today · live FMCSA check
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- Liability (BIPD)
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$1,000,000 · United Specialty Insurance Companyon record since Jun 1, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Oct 20011 other liability filing also on file
- Cargo filing
- not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
- Broker or forwarder bond
- required · none on file
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
- One liability insurer throughout
- 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer; 1 took effect (the last Jun 1, 2024, replaced the same day)
- No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
- FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1
Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jan 20, 2015)
FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record
44 filings and 21 authority events since 1993 · FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record
44 filings and 21 authority events since 1993 · FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
Newest first. Insurer names as filed. FMCSA does not publish why a filing was cancelled.
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Jun 1, 2026United Specialty Insurance CompanyLiability · $1,000,000 · on fileFMCSA's new system
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Jun 1, 2025United Specialty Insurance CompanyLiability · $1,000,000 · on fileFMCSA's new system
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Jun 1, 2024UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Jun 1, 2025 · replaced by the same insurer (renewal)12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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May 6, 2024FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped May 30, 2024opened after UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Jun 1, 2024)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jun 1, 2023UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Jun 1, 2024 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jun 1, 2022UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Jun 1, 2023 · replaced by the same insurer (renewal)12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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May 5, 2022FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped May 31, 2022opened after UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Jun 1, 2022)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jun 1, 2021UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Jun 1, 2022 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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May 5, 2021FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped May 27, 2021opened after UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Jun 1, 2021)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jun 1, 2020UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Jun 1, 2021 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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May 5, 2020FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped May 29, 2020opened after KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Jun 1, 2020)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Nov 28, 2019KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Jun 1, 2020 · cancellation notice took effect6 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Nov 1, 2019FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Nov 8, 2019opened after KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Nov 28, 2019)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jun 1, 2019KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Nov 28, 2019 · cancellation notice took effect6 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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May 6, 2019FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped May 30, 2019opened after COMMERCIAL ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Jun 2, 2019)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jun 1, 2018COMMERCIAL ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Jun 1, 2019 · replaced by another insurera cancellation notice effective Jun 2, 2019 came after the replacement; 12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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May 7, 2018FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jun 1, 2018opened after COMMERCIAL ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Jun 1, 2018)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 9, 2018COMMERCIAL ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Jun 1, 2018 · cancellation notice took effect3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jun 1, 2017UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Jul 1, 2017 · cancellation notice took effect1 month in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jun 1, 2017COMMERCIAL ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Mar 9, 2018 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Apr 6, 2018 came after the replacement; 9 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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May 5, 2017FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped May 30, 2017opened after UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Jun 1, 2017)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Nov 22, 2016UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Jun 1, 2017 · cancellation notice took effect6 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Aug 24, 2016UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Nov 22, 2016 · cancellation notice took effect3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Aug 5, 2016UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Aug 24, 2016 · cancellation notice took effect1 month in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jun 1, 2016UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Aug 5, 2016 · cancellation notice took effect2 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
What the terms mean
- Liability filing (BIPD):
- The insurer's certificate (form BMC-91 or 91X) that the motor carrier carries bodily-injury and property-damage liability at or above FMCSA's minimum. A BMC-82 is the same promise made by a surety bond.
- FMCSA minimum:
- $750,000 for general freight in vehicles of 10,001 lb or more; $300,000 under 10,001 lb; $1,000,000 for oil and some hazardous materials; $5,000,000 for bulk hazardous materials (49 CFR 387.9).
- Primary / excess:
- An excess filing sits on top of a primary one; together they make the total filed limit.
- Replaced:
- A new filing took over from this one. Replaced the same day is an ordinary change of insurer or renewal.
- Cancellation notice:
- Form BMC-35 (insurance) or BMC-36 (bond): the insurer tells FMCSA the filing ends in 30 days. The insurer files it whether the insurer or the motor carrier ended the policy; FMCSA does not publish the reason.
- Cancellation processed by FMCSA:
- FMCSA itself ended the filing, for example when the authority was revoked.
- Lapse:
- Time with no liability filing on FMCSA's record while the authority required one. A filing received later can be back-dated, which closes a lapse after the fact.
- Suspended for insurance:
- FMCSA suspended the operating authority because no filing meeting the minimum was on file. FMCSA's records state this reason only since May 14, 2026; before then they show a revocation notice without a cause.
- FMCSA notice resolved in time:
- Before May 14, 2026, FMCSA served a revocation notice when a required filing lapsed and dropped it when the filing was restored. The notice does not say which filing lapsed.
- Suspension notice:
- Since May 14, 2026, FMCSA serves a notice that the authority will be suspended on a date unless the missing filing is restored. The notice does not say which filing.
- Cargo filing:
- Form BMC-34. FMCSA has required it only of household-goods motor carriers and forwarders since 2011, so most motor carriers' cargo policies are not on FMCSA's record.
- Broker bond / trust fund:
- Form BMC-84 (surety bond) or BMC-85 (trust fund): the $75,000 security a broker or freight forwarder must keep on file.
- Self-insurance authority:
- FMCSA lets a few large motor carriers carry their own liability; it appears as a filing by "Self-Insured".
- Risk retention group:
- An insurer owned by its policyholders (often trucking groups). It is not covered by state insurance guaranty funds.
- FMCSA record through:
- The date of the FMCSA file this section was built from. Dockets FMCSA's new system has not yet published are shown from the legacy record, frozen on May 14, 2026.
FMCSA's record of the insurance filed for this motor carrier's operating authority (forms BMC-91/91X liability, BMC-34 cargo, BMC-84/85 broker bond or trust), not the motor carrier's full insurance program. Only for-hire motor carriers with operating authority file with FMCSA; private and intrastate-only motor carriers keep proof of insurance at their place of business, so no filing does not mean no insurance. A filed limit is the amount the insurer certified to FMCSA, which can be below the policy's full limits; cargo and bond filings are shown as on file or not because FMCSA records the federal minimum rather than the policy amount. FMCSA's new registration system (May 14, 2026) publishes a partial set of dockets; a docket not yet in it is shown from the legacy record, frozen on that date, and the live check above is today's reading. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Where it happens
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Inspections by state
- New Mexico 220
- Texas (HQ) 169
- California 63
- Utah 41
- Arkansas 29
- Tennessee 25
- Arizona 24
- Colorado 24
23% of inspections were in its home state.
How this grade is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
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 (329 power units: 329 filed, 233 seen roadside in 24 months).
Crash Outlook vs Peer Fleet
crashes per year · same scale
Average peer fleet
8.2
Actual, per year in window
8.3
Projected, next 12 mo
7.1
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5
10
We'd expect a typical fleet of 329 power units this active to have about 8.2 crashes a year. This motor carrier recorded 25 in its scoring window (Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026, about 8.3 a year). Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 7.1 over the next 12. When this motor carrier does crash, those crashes tend to be substantially more severe than average — roughly 3.2× the injury/fatal weight of a typical crash.
Fatal-crash risk: about 18% chance in the next 12 months
Modeled fatal-crash rate is about typical for similar fleets (likelihood of at least one fatal crash, from its exposure and safety profile).
Track Record Used
Crashes Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026 · inspections Oct 1, 2024 → Sep 30, 2026 · data as of Oct 29, 2026
Inside that window:
722 inspections
and 25 crashes.
The FMCSA record tables now hold 718 inspections and 15 crashes in that window — the SMS data moved after this grade was computed.
Outside the scoring window
on the FMCSA record · not in this grade
Aged out — crashes before Sep 1, 2023, inspections before Oct 1, 2024
- 5 inspections with no out-of-service result
Confidence: High · Z = 0.87
Satisfactory — 0.87x its class rate (cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11). Class rate 0.025 crashes per power-unit-year for a 329-unit for-hire fleet (pu200_499). Violations 1.01x (driver behaviour 1.52x, out-of-service 0.87x, all violations 0.67x; 722 inspections). Experience 0.86x: 10.7 decayed crashes against 12.7 expected over 36 months (credibility 0.87, a 1.88). 80% range 0.56–1.21x. Last change: no change since the last run.
No change since the previous weekly run.
What Drives This Score
1.00× = this motor carrier's class rate
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.
Class rate
2.5 crashes per 100 power-unit-years
329 power units · 8.19 expected crashes a year
Violation relativity
1.01×
722 inspections in window
Crash experience
0.86×
10.7 decayed crashes vs 12.7 expected · credibility 0.87
Driver behaviour
Out-of-service rate
All violations
0×1× class2×+
Each sub-relativity is shrunk toward its cohort rate when the record is thin (Bühlmann credibility), so a short record reads close to 1.00×.
Relativity to class 0.87× (80% range 0.56–1.21×)
· band Satisfactory
· cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11, Critical above
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
AB PropertyTotal Inspections
723
Driver Insp
723
Driver OOS
20
Vehicle Insp
457
Vehicle OOS
92
| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
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| Unsafe Driving | 69 | 1.94 | |
| HOS Compliance | 65 | 0.48 | |
| Driver Fitness | 14 | 0.10 | |
| Controlled Substances | 2 | 0.03 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 190 | 3.67 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (01-APR-25 – 31-OCT-24) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.