ALPHA BAKING DISTRIBUTION COMPANY INC

DOT# 767489 MC# 344974 Chicago, IL Authorized For-Hire
(920) 758-2533 5001 West Polk Street, Chicago IL 60644
318 power units · all leased 357 drivers
Marginal
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Low confidence
28 yrs history · 40 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
318
Drivers · CDL
357 · 64
Annual miles
1M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 280 0 280
Tractors 0 38 0 38
Trailers 0 142 0 142

Registration

Registered
08-27-1998 (28 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-20-2024 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
LARRY MARCUCCI

Cargo

59.5
medium risk
General Freight Other: BAKERY GOODS
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight

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.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 318 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 38 units seen in 24 months, 0.06 inspections per filed unit-year. The grade's relativity to class is unchanged; its confidence tier is cut to reflect the unverified exposure, and until the fleet is confirmed an Excellent grade shows as Strong and a Strong as Satisfactory. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

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).

Expected crash rate is about 1.7× that of similar fleets.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 200–499 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 1.73×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.73× similar fleets) is in the Poor range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Poor line (1.57×), so the grade stays Marginal.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
5.1 vs 3.0 for similar fleets
Likely 2–9 crashes
This motor carrier
5.1
Similar fleets
3.0
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~14%
About 1.7× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Much worse than peers. 12 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 6 a year), including 2 with injuries; similar fleets have about 3 a year. The grade counts 18 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.50×, unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.66× and out-of-service orders 0.68× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -12%: 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.

  • Injury crashes
    2 crashes with 5 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Aug 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 10 of 27 violations (37%). Brake or light defects led to 2 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 38 of the 318 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (40 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 318 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 2.5% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 3
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
12
0 fatalities · 5 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
40
62% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
16.7%
4 of 24
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
2.5%
1 of 40
National avg 6.7%
Violations
27
5 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: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 7 inspections, 1 out of service 7 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 7 inspections, 0 out of service 7 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 6 inspections, 3 out of service 6 Q3 '26
vs 1,008 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.020 0.022
Inspections 0.11 0.74
Violations 0.04 0.32
Critical violations 0.01 0.07

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 200–499 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

27 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    22 · 4 OOS
    Brakes 10 · Lights 5 · Tires 2 · Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 4
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    4 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 3 · Phone use 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
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
  • Aug
    24
    2026
    Indiana
    Property damage only
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jul
    20
    2026
    Illinois
    Property damage only
    Daylight, one-way trafficway not divided.
  • Jul
    13
    2026
    Wisconsin
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Dec
    23
    2025
    Wisconsin
    Property damage only
    Wet road, dawn, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Dec
    16
    2025
    Illinois
    Property damage only
    Snow road, dark - not lighted, snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Dec
    4
    2025
    Indiana
    Injury · 2 people hurt
    Ice road, dark - not lighted.
  • Nov
    25
    2025
    Wisconsin
    Property damage only
    Wet road, dark - lighted, rain, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jul
    19
    2025
    Wisconsin
    Injury · 3 people hurt
    Dawn, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

4 more in the FMCSA records below.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$750,000 · Sentry Insurance Company
on record since Oct 1, 2023 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Oct 1997
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
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Oct 21, 1998)

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
  • Illinois (HQ) 22
  • Wisconsin 13
  • Indiana 5

55% of inspections were in its home state.