PACIFIC COAST EXPRESS LIMITED

DOT# 565767 FF# 11918 Victoria, BC Authorized For-Hire
(604) 582-3250 mike.hudon@pcx.ca 2924 Jacklin Road, Victoria BC V9B3Y5
9 tractors · all leased 9 drivers 1.1M mi/yr · ~119k per unit
HazMat
Strong
FRED Score 82.5 / 100
Low confidence
32 yrs history · 35 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
9
Drivers · CDL
9 · 9
Annual miles
1.1M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 0 9 0 9
Trailers 76 0 0 76

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (08-11-2005) · 21 yr old
Registered
06-10-1994 (32 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
01-23-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
PAUL FLANAGAN
Officer
MIKE HUDON

Cargo

63.2
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Liquids/Gases Intermodal Containers Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Building Materials Beverages Dry Bulk Paper Products Construction Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat

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.

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

This motor carrier 0.68×
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
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
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
Much better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.30×, out-of-service orders 0.51× and violations 0.57× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -21%. 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.

  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 8 of 23 violations (35%). Light or brake defects led to 1 out-of-service order.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Hazmat violations
    1 hazmat violation.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 13.0% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.0% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1
  • Canada-domiciled motor carrier
    Domiciled in Canada — cross-border operating rules and inspection patterns differ from US-based motor carriers.

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
35
69% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
13.0%
3 of 23
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 35
National avg 6.7%
Violations
23
3 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: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 5 inspections, 1 out of service 5 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 5 inspections, 1 out of service 5 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 2 inspections.
vs 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.039
Inspections 3.00 1.41
Violations 1.28 1.44
Critical violations 0.11 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
    21 · 3 OOS
    Lights 8 · Brakes 7 · Wheels & hubs 2 · Cargo securement 1 · Steering & suspension 1 · 2 more
  • 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 · 0 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 Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$5,000,000 · Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
on record since Oct 17, 2023 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Oct 1994
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
Broker or forwarder bond
$75,000 surety bond (BMC-84) · Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company since Oct 1, 2026
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jun 9, 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
  • Washington 19
  • California 15
  • Wyoming 1

Runs well beyond its home state: 0 of 35 inspections were in BC.