MUSHROOM EXPRESS INC
(760) 749-3328
suzanne@mushroomexpress.com / marvindonius@aol.com
33777 Valley Center Road, Valley Center CA 92082
4
tractors
2 drivers
Satisfactory
Provisional: the record behind this grade is thin (4 inspections and 0 crashes in the scoring window), so the grade leans mostly on what's typical for similar fleets and can move as more inspections and time on the road build up.
FRED Score 62.5 / 100
Prior-only confidence
32 yrs history · 4 roadside inspections
FMCSA Live Status
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Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 4
- Drivers · CDL
- 2 · 1
- Annual miles
- 3,209 unreliable
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tractors | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Trailers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Registration
- Organization
- CORPORATION
- Cargo Operation
- Interstate
- Scope
- Interstate (Beyond 100 miles), Interstate (Within 100 miles)
- FMCSA Rating
- Satisfactory (01-12-2004) · 22 yr old
- Registered
- 11-09-1994 (32 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 09-16-2026 (Biennial Update)
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 07, 2026
- Officer
- MARVIN C. DONIUS
Cargo
58.7
medium risk
Meat
Refrigerated Food
General Freight
Fresh Produce
Beverages
Grain/Feed/Hay
Dry Bulk
- High-Risk Cargo
- 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.
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).
Too little record to tell how this motor carrier's crash rate compares with similar fleets.
Similar fleets: interstate fleets of about 4 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 0.91×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.SatisfactoryMarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
This motor carrier
0.1
Similar fleets
0.1
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About typical for similar fleets.
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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Lapse in liability filings162 days without a liability filing on FMCSA's record, the longest of 2 lapses in 36 months 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.
Data flags
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Dangerous driving: 1
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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.
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Limited inspection historyFewer than 5 roadside inspections on record, so there isn't enough data to score this motor carrier with high confidence — the score leans more on peers.
Track record
FMCSA record, Jul 2026 – Sep 2026
· grade scored on Aug 1, 2025 → Jul 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
4
50% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 3
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 4
National avg 6.7%
Violations
4
0 out-of-service
Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in California (about 12 in 24 months would be typical).
Inspections per quarter
With an out-of-service order
vs 57,512 peer fleets
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.000 | 0.043 |
| Inspections | 0.50 | 1.58 |
| Violations | 0.50 | 1.56 |
| Critical violations | 0.00 | 0.29 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
4 violations · 24 months-
Unsafe driving No alert2 · 0 OOSReckless / lane 2
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Vehicle maintenance No alert2 · 0 OOSBrakes 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
Out-of-service violations
“No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold
Violations by quarter
Tap a category to show or hide itNo violation trend data
Crashes
24 monthsNo reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.
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 · Great West Casualty Coon record since Mar 25, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 2025
- Cargo filing
- not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
- 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 3 changes: HOXBRIDGE INSURANCE COMPANY INC → Great West Casualty Co (Mar 2026); ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → HOXBRIDGE INSURANCE COMPANY INC (Apr 2025); EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY → ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Apr 2024)
- 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 1 took effect (the last Mar 25, 2025, replaced 18 days later); 1 replaced before it took effect
- 2 lapses in liability filings, 180 days in all (the longest 162 days) while the authority required one; a later back-dated filing can close a lapse
Authority
- FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2
Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Apr 16, 2021)
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
34 filings and 26 authority events since 1991 · FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record
34 filings and 26 authority events since 1991 · 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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Mar 25, 2026Great West Casualty CoLiability · $1,000,000 · on fileFMCSA's new system
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Mar 16, 2026FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Mar 25, 2026opened after HOXBRIDGE INSURANCE COMPANY INC filed a cancellation notice (effective Apr 12, 2026)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 12, 2025HOXBRIDGE INSURANCE COMPANY INCLiability · $750,000 · ended Mar 25, 2026 · replaced by another insurera cancellation notice effective Apr 12, 2026 came after the replacement; 11 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Feb 26, 2025FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Mar 6, 2025opened after ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Mar 25, 2025)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 12, 2024ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Mar 25, 2025 · cancellation notice took effect11 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jul 24, 2023FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jul 25, 2023cause not stated in FMCSA's older recordsL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 12, 2023EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Jun 21, 2023 · cancellation notice took effecta cancellation notice effective Aug 18, 2023 came after the replacement; 2 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 21, 2022FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Oct 26, 2022opened after EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Nov 17, 2022)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 12, 2022EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Nov 17, 2022 · cancellation notice took effect7 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 16, 2022FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 12, 2022opened after KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Apr 12, 2022)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 16, 2021Operating authority reinstatedL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 12, 2021KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Apr 12, 2022 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 19, 2021Operating authority revoked (cause not stated)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Nov 16, 2020Operating authority reinstatedL&I to May 14, 2026
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Nov 15, 2020UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Jan 8, 2021 · cancellation notice took effect2 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Nov 21, 2018Operating authority revoked (cause not stated)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 10, 2018UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Nov 15, 2018 · cancellation notice took effect7 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Feb 14, 2018Operating authority reinstatedL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 31, 2018Operating authority revoked (cause not stated)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 25, 2018NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.Liability · $750,000 · ended Apr 10, 2018 · replaced by another insurer2 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 25, 2017QUALITAS INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Jan 25, 2018 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 17, 2017FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jan 25, 2017opened after UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Feb 13, 2017)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Nov 14, 2016UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Jan 25, 2017 · replaced by another insurera cancellation notice effective Feb 13, 2017 came after the replacement; 2 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Nov 12, 2013FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Dec 4, 2013opened after LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Dec 8, 2013)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 1, 2013OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Nov 14, 2016 · replaced by another insurer37 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
- California (HQ) 4
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 (small).
Crash Outlook vs Peer Fleet
crashes per year · same scale
Average peer fleet
0.1
Actual, last 12 mo
0.0
Projected, next 12 mo
0.1
0
0.25
0.5
We'd expect a typical fleet of this size this active to have about 0.1 crashes a year. This motor carrier recorded 0 in its scoring window (Aug 1, 2025 → Jul 31, 2026) — fewer than a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window, the model projects about 0.1 over the next 12.
Fatal-crash risk: less than a 1% 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
Scored on Aug 1, 2025 → Jul 31, 2026 · data as of Sep 24, 2026
Inside that window:
4 inspections
and 0 crashes.
The FMCSA record tables now hold 1 inspection and 0 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
After Jul 31, 2026 — after the scoring window, not yet scored
- 3 inspections with no out-of-service result — not yet scored
Confidence: Prior-only · Z = 0.08
Provisional
Satisfactory — 0.91x its class rate (cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11). Class rate 0.021 crashes per power-unit-year for a 4-unit for-hire fleet (pu2_5). Violations 0.99x (driver behaviour 1.16x, out-of-service 0.59x, all violations 1.23x; 4 inspections). Experience 0.92x: 0.0 decayed crashes against 0.1 expected over 36 months (credibility 0.08, a 1.38). 80% range 0.16–1.93x. Last change: no change since the last run.
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
4
Driver Insp
4
Driver OOS
0
Vehicle Insp
3
Vehicle OOS
0
| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe Driving | 2 | 8.98 | |
| HOS Compliance | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Driver Fitness | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 1 | 2.66 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (03-AUG-26 – 24-JUL-26) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Aug 1, 2025 → Jul 31, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.