IRONBOUND EXPRESS INC
(973) 491-5151
sm@ironboundexpress.com
65 Jabez Street, Newark NJ 07105
88
tractors · all leased
79 drivers
2.6M mi/yr · ~29k per unit
HazMat
Satisfactory
FRED Score 55.4 / 100
Moderate confidence
29 yrs history · 72 roadside inspections
FMCSA Live Status
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Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 88
- Drivers · CDL
- 79 · 79
- Annual miles
- 2.6M
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tractors | 0 | 88 | 0 | 88 |
| Trailers | 0 | 25 | 1000 | 1025 |
Registration
- Organization
- CORPORATION
- FMCSA Rating
- Satisfactory (07-19-2011) · 15 yr old
- Registered
- 01-28-1997 (29 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 07-28-2026 (Address Change)
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 07, 2026
- Officer
- SEAN MCHUGH
Cargo
63.7
medium risk
Household Goods
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls
Machinery/Large Objects
Intermodal Containers
Meat
Refrigerated Food
General Freight
Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber
Building Materials
Beverages
Paper Products
Utility
Construction
Chemicals
- High-Risk Cargo
- Machinery Large, General Freight, Household Goods, 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.
Expected crash rate is about the same as similar fleets.
Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 50–99 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 50–99 trucks.
This motor carrier 0.99×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.SatisfactoryMarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
2.0 vs 2.0 for similar fleets
Likely 0–4 crashes
This motor carrier
2.0
Similar fleets
2.0
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~5%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 4 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 2 a year), including 2 with injuries; similar fleets have about 2 a year. The grade counts 5 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Violations 1.60× and out-of-service orders 1.45× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +6%: 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 crashes2 crashes with 2 people hurt in 24 months.Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
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FMCSA suspension notice pendingFMCSA served a notice on Oct 18, 2026: the operating authority will be suspended on Nov 17, 2026 unless the missing filing is restored. The notice does not say which filing. Not in the grade.Ask: which filing lapsed and whether it has been refiled.
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Drivers put out of service3 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 hours of service, 1 no valid CDL (Apr 2025 – May 2025).Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
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Lights and brakesLights are 65 of 197 violations (33%). Light or brake defects led to 25 out-of-service orders.Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
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Vehicle out-of-service rate43.6% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (24 of 55). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 1.45× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
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Falsified logs2 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: 1
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High speeding: 7
Track record
FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026
· grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
4
0 fatalities · 2 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
72
24% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
43.6%
24 of 55
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
2.8%
2 of 72
National avg 6.7%
Violations
197
48 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 1 inspection.
vs 4,520 peer fleets
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.028 | 0.025 |
| Inspections | 0.57 | 0.91 |
| Violations | 1.12 | 0.53 |
| Critical violations | 0.15 | 0.11 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 50–99 power units, medium-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
197 violations · 24 months-
Vehicle maintenance No alert181 · 45 OOSLights 65 · Brakes 58 · Tires 16 · Cargo securement 9 · Wheels & hubs 5 · 28 more
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Unsafe driving No alert10 · 0 OOSSpeeding 7 · Reckless / lane 2 · Phone use 1
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Hours of service No alert5 · 2 OOSFalse log 2 · Over hours limit 2 · No log 1
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Driver fitness No alert1 · 1 OOSNo valid CDL 1
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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-
Apr212026New JerseyInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Jan82026PennsylvaniaProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Apr52025New JerseyProperty damage onlyWet road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
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Dec22024New JerseyInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
2 of the 4 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 · MS Transverse Insurance Companyon record since Nov 17, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 2002
- 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, 2 changes: OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY → MS Transverse Insurance Company (Nov 2025); AMERICAN ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY → OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY (Nov 2024)
- 5 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 1 took effect (the last Nov 17, 2025, replaced the same day); 4 replaced before they took effect
- No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
- FMCSA notice served Oct 18, 2026: the operating authority will be suspended on Nov 17, 2026 unless the missing filing is restored (the notice does not say which filing). FMCSA's new registration system launched May 14, 2026 and has recorded some insurance suspensions and requirement changes in error; confirm with the insurer or motor carrier before acting.
- FMCSA notices resolved in time: 3
Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Sep 19, 2002)
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
27 filings and 16 authority events since 2002 · FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record
27 filings and 16 authority events since 2002 · 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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Oct 18, 2026FMCSA suspension notice for the operating authority, effective Nov 17, 2026pending on FMCSA's recordFMCSA's new system
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Nov 17, 2025MS Transverse Insurance CompanyLiability · $1,000,000 · on fileFMCSA's new system
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Oct 21, 2025FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Nov 17, 2025opened after OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Nov 17, 2025)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 14, 2025OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Nov 17, 2025 · cancellation notice took effect10 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 31, 2024FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jan 15, 2025opened after OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Jan 25, 2025)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 26, 2024OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Jan 14, 2025 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Jan 27, 2025 came after the replacement; 1 month in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Nov 17, 2024OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Dec 26, 2024 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Jan 25, 2025 came after the replacement; 1 month in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 22, 2024AMERICAN ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Nov 17, 2024 · replaced by another insurera cancellation notice effective Dec 12, 2024 came after the replacement; 1 month in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Sep 30, 2024FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Oct 23, 2024opened after AMERICAN ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Oct 27, 2024)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 27, 2023AMERICAN ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Oct 22, 2024 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Oct 27, 2024 came after the replacement; 12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 27, 2022CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.Liability · $1,000,000 · ended Oct 27, 2023 · replaced by another insurer12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 27, 2021AMERICAN ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Oct 27, 2022 · replaced by another insurer12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Sep 30, 2021FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Oct 27, 2021opened after NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO. filed a cancellation notice (effective Oct 27, 2021)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 27, 2020NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.Liability · $1,000,000 · ended Oct 27, 2021 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Sep 30, 2020FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Oct 27, 2020opened after NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO. filed a cancellation notice (effective Oct 27, 2020)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 27, 2019NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.Liability · $1,000,000 · ended Oct 27, 2020 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Sep 30, 2019FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Oct 25, 2019opened after THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA filed a cancellation notice (effective Oct 27, 2019)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 27, 2018THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIALiability · $1,000,000 · ended Oct 27, 2019 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 1, 2018FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Oct 23, 2018opened after THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA filed a cancellation notice (effective Oct 27, 2018)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 27, 2017THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIALiability · $1,000,000 · ended Oct 27, 2018 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 2, 2017FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Oct 12, 2017opened after THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA filed a cancellation notice (effective Oct 27, 2017)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 27, 2016THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIALiability · $1,000,000 · ended Oct 27, 2017 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Sep 30, 2016FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Oct 19, 2016opened after ARI INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Oct 27, 2016)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 27, 2015ARI INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Oct 27, 2016 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Sep 30, 2015FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Oct 27, 2015opened after KNIGHTBROOK INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Oct 27, 2015)L&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
- Connecticut 21
- New Jersey (HQ) 19
- Pennsylvania 15
- New York 13
- Ohio 2
- Indiana 1
- Tennessee 1
26% 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 (88 power units: 88 filed, 43 seen roadside in 24 months).
Crash Outlook vs Peer Fleet
crashes per year · same scale
Average peer fleet
2.0
Actual, per year in window
1.7
Projected, next 12 mo
2.0
0
1.25
2.5
We'd expect a typical fleet of 88 power units this active to have about 2.0 crashes a year. This motor carrier recorded 5 in its scoring window (Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026, about 1.7 a year) — fewer than a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 2.0 over the next 12. When this motor carrier does crash, those crashes tend to be substantially more severe than average — roughly 3.3× the injury/fatal weight of a typical crash.
Fatal-crash risk: about 5% 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:
72 inspections
and 5 crashes.
The FMCSA record tables now hold 71 inspections and 4 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
- 1 inspection with no out-of-service result
Confidence: Moderate · Z = 0.46 (posterior 0.47 × exposure corroboration)
Satisfactory — 0.99x its class rate (cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11). Class rate 0.023 crashes per power-unit-year for a 88-unit for-hire fleet (pu50_99). Violations 1.06x (driver behaviour 0.96x, out-of-service 1.45x, all violations 1.60x; 72 inspections). Experience 0.93x: 2.8 decayed crashes against 3.3 expected over 36 months (credibility 0.47, a 3.79). 80% range 0.53–1.52x. 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
2.3 crashes per 100 power-unit-years
88 power units · 2.02 expected crashes a year
Violation relativity
1.06×
72 inspections in window
Crash experience
0.93×
2.8 decayed crashes vs 3.3 expected · credibility 0.47
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 0.99× (80% range 0.53–1.52×)
· 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
72
Driver Insp
72
Driver OOS
2
Vehicle Insp
55
Vehicle OOS
24
| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
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| Unsafe Driving | 10 | 1.28 | |
| HOS Compliance | 5 | 0.31 | |
| Driver Fitness | 1 | 0.07 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 47 | 13.63 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (01-MAY-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.