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USDOT 604915 · SPADER FREIGHT SERVICES INC

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SPADER FREIGHT SERVICES INC

USDOT 604915 MC 291301 Clyde, OH Authorized For-Hire

74 power units 90 drivers 6.4M mi/yr

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Marginal

FRED Score 30.1 / 100

Moderate confidence

31 yrs history · 52 roadside inspections in 24 months

Scored Nov 8, 2026

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How it compares with similar fleets, per power unit and per mile
Cargo risk, and news reports linked to its crashes
How the grade is calculated, and its history week by week

Fleet, registration and cargo

Fleet and equipment

Power units: 74 all leased
Drivers · CDL: 90 · 90
Annual miles: 6.4M ~86k per unit

Type	Term	Total
Trucks	0	0
Tractors	74	74
Trailers	307	307

Registration

Organization: CORPORATION
Operation: Interstate
Authority type: Authorized For-Hire
FMCSA rating: Satisfactory (Oct 25, 2009)17 yrs old
Registered: Jun 15, 1995 (31 yrs)
MCS-150 update: Apr 28, 2025 (Address Change)
Officers: DAVD SPADER · STEVEN A SPADER
Phone: (419) 547-1117
Email: ryan.thom@spaderfreight.com
Address: 1134 East Mcpherson Highway, Clyde OH 43410

Cargo

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General FreightBeveragesPaper Products

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Roadside and crash record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026

Crashes

0 fatal (0 deaths) · 3 injury · 3 people hurt in all

Inspections

71% clean (no violations)

Vehicle out-of-service

5.0%

1 of 20 vehicle inspections

Driver out-of-service

1.9%

1 of 52 driver inspections

Violations

1 out-of-service violation

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 2 inspections.

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Violations

14 on the FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026

Unsafe driving No alert

9 · 0 out-of-service

Speeding 8 · Reckless / lane 1
Vehicle maintenance No alert

5 · 1 out-of-service

Wheels & hubs 2 · Brakes 1 · Lights 1 · Tires 1
Hours of service No alert

0
Driver fitness No alert

0
Drugs & alcohol No alert

0

Out-of-service share of each category. “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold.

Violations by quarter

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1 violation falls outside the charted quarters; the 24-month totals include it.

Crashes

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · crash reports through Sep 15, 2026

Jun

26

2026

Jun 26, 2026 · Ohio
Property damage only
Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
Apr

14

2026

Apr 14, 2026 · Ohio
Property damage only
Wet road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
Mar

19

2026

Mar 19, 2026 · Ohio
Injury · 1 person hurt
Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
Jul

31

2025

Jul 31, 2025 · Ohio
Injury · 1 person hurt
Wet road, daylight, rain, one-way trafficway not divided.
Jul

20

2025

Jul 20, 2025 · Ohio
Property damage only
Dark - not lighted, fog, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
Apr

30

2025

Apr 30, 2025 · Ohio
Property damage only
Dark - lighted. FMCSA: not preventable.
Apr

16

2025

Apr 16, 2025 · Ohio
Injury · 1 person hurt
Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided. FMCSA: not preventable.
Feb

16

2025

Feb 16, 2025 · Ohio
Property damage only
Snow road, daylight, two-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since

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On FMCSA's filing record

Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026): $1,000,000 · ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jul 1, 2009 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jun 1995
Cargo filing: on file · FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO. since Jul 1, 2008

36 months to May 14, 2026

One liability insurer throughout
No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

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Where it operates

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Inspections by state

Ohio (HQ) 36
Michigan 12
Indiana 2
Kentucky 2

69% of inspections were in its home state.

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FMCSA records

BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.

BASIC	Inspections with violations	Measure	Alert
Unsafe driving	9	1.71	No alert
Vehicle maintenance	5	0.77	No alert
Hours of service	0	0.00	No alert
Driver fitness	0	0.00	No alert
Drugs & alcohol	1	0.05	No alert

52 driver inspections · 20 vehicle inspections

These records come from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026; the grade counts crashes Oct 1, 2023 – Sep 30, 2026 and inspections Nov 1, 2024 – Oct 31, 2026 from FMCSA's weekly files, so counts can differ.

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