VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION CORP
(401) 821-2900
deannad@virginiatransportation.com
141 James P Murphy Industrial Highway, West Warwick RI 02893
1,120
tractors · all owned
533 drivers
40.4M mi/yr · ~36k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 70.0 / 100
Moderate confidence
30 yrs history · 425 roadside inspections
FMCSA Live Status
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Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 1,120
- Drivers · CDL
- 533 · 533
- Annual miles
- 40.4M
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tractors | 560 | 0 | 0 | 560 |
| Trailers | 560 | 0 | 0 | 560 |
Registration
- Organization
- CORPORATION
- FMCSA Rating
- Satisfactory (12-16-2011) · 14 yr old
- Registered
- 06-04-1996 (30 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 10-23-2026 (Biennial Update)
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 08, 2026
- Officer
- DOUG SCHMIDT
- Officer
- LEO DOIRE
Cargo
76.5
high risk
Motor Vehicles
- High-Risk Cargo
- Motor Vehicles
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 90% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.
Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 500+ 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 500+ trucks.
This motor carrier 0.82×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.SatisfactoryMarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
21.6 vs 26.5 for similar fleets
Likely 13–31 crashes
This motor carrier
21.6
Similar fleets
26.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~43%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 35 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 18 a year), including 12 with injuries; similar fleets have about 26 a year. The grade counts 74 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.82× the rate expected for its inspections, but violations 0.48× and out-of-service orders 0.66×. Together they barely move its crash estimate: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.
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 crashes12 crashes with 12 people hurt in 24 months.Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
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Drivers put out of service3 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 no valid CDL, 1 cargo securement (Jun 2025 – Aug 2026).Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
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Lights and tiresLights are 34 of 207 violations (16%). Light or tire defects led to 42 out-of-service orders.Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
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Unsafe drivingCited 5 for speeding 15+ mph over or in a work zone and 3 for phone use.Ask: telematics, speed governance and phone policy.
Strengths
- Driver out-of-service rate 0.7% vs 6.7% national.
- No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
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Dangerous driving: 17
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Excessive speeding: 12
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Substance violations: 1
Track record
FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026
· grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
35
0 fatalities · 12 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
425
64% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
22.0%
47 of 214
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.7%
3 of 425
National avg 6.7%
Violations
207
50 out-of-service
Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 500+ trucks in Rhode Island (about 734 in 24 months would be typical).
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.
vs 41 peer fleets
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.016 | 0.015 |
| Inspections | 0.29 | 0.44 |
| Violations | 0.09 | 0.18 |
| Critical violations | 0.03 | 0.04 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 500+ power units, high-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
207 violations · 24 months-
Vehicle maintenance No alert92 · 48 OOSLights 34 · Tires 30 · Brakes 8 · Cargo securement 8 · Other parts 12
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Unsafe driving No alert72 · 0 OOSReckless / lane 39 · Speeding 12 · Seat belt 10 · Phone use 3 · Other 8
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Hours of service No alert40 · 0 OOSNo log 16 · Logbook / ELD paperwork 14 · Over hours limit 9 · False log 1
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Driver fitness No alert3 · 2 OOSNo 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-
Sep112026New JerseyProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Sep22026New JerseyProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Aug132026KentuckyInjury · 1 person hurtWet road, dark - lighted, rain, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Jul302026New JerseyProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
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Jul22026MarylandProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Jun62026PennsylvaniaProperty damage onlyDaylight.
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May182026MississippiProperty damage onlyWet road, daylight, rain, one-way trafficway not divided.
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May182026New JerseyInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Mar262026VirginiaInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
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Mar72026New YorkInjury · 1 person hurtTwo-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Dec192025New JerseyInjury · 1 person hurtWet road, dark - lighted, rain, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Dec92025GeorgiaInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight. Citation issued.
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Sep42025PennsylvaniaInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight. FMCSA: not preventable.
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Apr112025DelawareInjury · 1 person hurtWet road, dark - lighted, rain, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier. FMCSA: not preventable.
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Jan282025New YorkInjury · 1 person hurtWet road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued. FMCSA: not preventable.
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Jan132025New YorkInjury · 1 person hurtSnow road, daylight, two-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.
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Nov202024MassachusettsInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
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Sep302024AlabamaInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
27 more in the FMCSA records below.
12 of the 35 crashes hurt someone but killed no one.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
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- Liability (BIPD)
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$1,000,000 · National Interstate Insurance Companyon record since Mar 24, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Mar 2012
- 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) · Merchants National Bonding, Inc. since Oct 1, 2013
36 months to Nov 7, 2026
- 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. → National Interstate Insurance Company (Mar 2026)
- No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jul 11, 2005)
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
57 filings and 36 authority events since 1993 · FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record
57 filings and 36 authority events since 1993 · FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
Newest first. Insurer names as filed. FMCSA does not publish why a filing was cancelled.
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Apr 14, 2026Broker authority reinstatedL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 24, 2026National Interstate Insurance CompanyLiability · $1,000,000 · on fileFMCSA's new system
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Feb 2, 2026Operating authority reinstatedL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 28, 2026Broker authority revoked (cause not stated)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 28, 2026Operating authority revoked (cause not stated)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Aug 9, 2022CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.Liability · $1,000,000 · ended Mar 24, 2026 · replaced by another insurer43 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jul 28, 2022FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Aug 10, 2022opened after CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. filed a cancellation notice (effective Aug 24, 2022)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Feb 24, 2022CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.Liability · $1,000,000 · ended Aug 9, 2022 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Aug 24, 2022 came after the replacement; 5 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 28, 2022FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Feb 24, 2022opened after HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Feb 24, 2022)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 28, 2021HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANYLiability bond (BMC-82) · ended Feb 24, 2022 · cancellation notice took effect2 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 1, 2021FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Dec 28, 2021opened after HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Dec 28, 2021)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 28, 2019HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANYLiability bond (BMC-82) · ended Dec 28, 2021 · cancellation notice took effect24 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 28, 2017HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANYLiability bond (BMC-82) · ended Dec 28, 2019 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Feb 7, 2020 came after the replacement; 24 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 1, 2017FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Dec 22, 2017opened after NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Dec 28, 2017)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 30, 2015NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Dec 28, 2017 · cancellation notice took effect33 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 3, 2015FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Mar 30, 2015opened after CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. filed a cancellation notice (effective Mar 30, 2015)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 30, 2014CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.Liability · $1,000,000 · ended Mar 30, 2015 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 3, 2014FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Mar 28, 2014opened after CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. filed a cancellation notice (effective Mar 30, 2014)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 1, 2013Merchants National Bonding, Inc.Broker bond (BMC-84) · on file · on fileFMCSA's new system
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Mar 30, 2013CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.Liability · $1,000,000 · ended Mar 30, 2014 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 4, 2013FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Mar 29, 2013opened after STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA filed a cancellation notice (effective Mar 30, 2013)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 30, 2012STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIALiability · $1,000,000 · ended Mar 30, 2013 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 22, 2012FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 17, 2012cause not stated in FMCSA's older recordsL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jun 13, 2011FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jun 20, 2011opened after CASTLEPOINT NATIONAL INSURANCE CO filed a cancellation notice (effective Jul 9, 2011)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 18, 2011CASTLEPOINT NATIONAL INSURANCE COLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Jul 9, 2011 · cancellation notice took effecta cancellation notice effective Apr 18, 2012 came after the replacement; 3 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 York 77
- Maryland 56
- Tennessee 28
- South Carolina 25
- Federal inspectors 25
- Connecticut 21
- Kentucky 19
- Florida 18
Runs well beyond its home state: 10 of 425 inspections were in Rhode Island.
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 (1120 power units: 1120 filed, 296 seen roadside in 24 months).
Crash Outlook vs Peer Fleet
crashes per year · same scale
Average peer fleet
26.5
Actual, per year in window
24.7
Projected, next 12 mo
21.6
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30
We'd expect a typical fleet of 1120 power units this active to have about 26.5 crashes a year. This motor carrier recorded 74 in its scoring window (Oct 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026, about 24.7 a year). Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 21.6 over the next 12 — below a typical fleet. 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 43% 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 Oct 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026 · inspections Nov 1, 2024 → Oct 31, 2026 · data as of Nov 4, 2026
Inside that window:
422 inspections
and 74 crashes.
The FMCSA record tables now hold 405 inspections and 35 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 Oct 1, 2023, inspections before Nov 1, 2024
- Out-of-service inspection Oct 16, 2024 · MD · level 2 · 1 vehicle OOS · 2 violations
- Out-of-service inspection Oct 14, 2024 · MA · level 2 · 1 vehicle OOS · 1 violation
- 18 further inspections with no out-of-service result
Confidence: Moderate · Z = 0.50 (posterior 0.96 × exposure corroboration)
Satisfactory — 0.82x its class rate (cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11). Class rate 0.024 crashes per power-unit-year for a 1120-unit for-hire fleet (pu500p). Violations 0.98x (driver behaviour 1.82x, out-of-service 0.66x, all violations 0.48x; 422 inspections). Experience 0.83x: 33.0 decayed crashes against 39.9 expected over 36 months (credibility 0.96, a 1.88). 80% range 0.62–1.03x. Last change: fleet size or class.
Since the previous weekly run the risk relativity moved +7.7%, driven by fleet size or class attributes.
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
2.4 crashes per 100 power-unit-years
1120 power units · 26.47 expected crashes a year
Violation relativity
0.98×
422 inspections in window
Crash experience
0.83×
33.0 decayed crashes vs 39.9 expected · credibility 0.96
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 0.82× (80% range 0.62–1.03×)
· 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
425
Driver Insp
425
Driver OOS
3
Vehicle Insp
214
Vehicle OOS
47
| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
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| Unsafe Driving | 67 | 1.08 | |
| HOS Compliance | 27 | 0.14 | |
| Driver Fitness | 3 | 0.04 | |
| Controlled Substances | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 73 | 2.55 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (01-APR-26 – 31-OCT-25) 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.