ACE CONTRACT CARRIERS INC

DBA: ACE CONTRACT CARRIERS

DOT# 775465 MC# 347255 Elizabeth, NJ Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(908) 820-4343 520 York Street, Elizabeth NJ 07201
10 power units · all leased 4 drivers
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
28 yrs history · 2 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
10
Drivers · CDL
4 · 4
Annual miles
168k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 2 0 2
Tractors 0 8 0 8
Trailers 0 16 0 16

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Conditional (09-17-2003)historical — superseded by active authority (reviewed 23 yr ago)
Registered
10-08-1998 (28 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
09-04-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
DAVE GILADY

Cargo

66.8
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Intermodal Containers General Freight Other: MULCH AND WOOD CHIPS Garbage/Refuse
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, 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.

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).

Not enough record to grade yet.

2 inspections and 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

80% likely range 0.43×–2.42×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.2

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-3 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

Ask
Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (10 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 1 injury crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.2 a year. The grade counts 2 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Out-of-service orders 1.48× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they barely move its crash estimate.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Little roadside history
    Only 2 inspections in 24 months for 10 power units, where interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks in New Jersey average about 12; the record says little either way.
    Ask: confirm the fleet is operating at the filed size (the MCS-150 was last updated Sep 2025).
Data flags
  • 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.
  • Historical FMCSA safety rating
    FMCSA once rated this motor carrier Conditional or Unsatisfactory, but the rating is stale or superseded — the motor carrier still holds active operating authority (a current Unsatisfactory would have it revoked), so it does not reflect current standing. Shown for context, not as a current finding.
  • Limited inspection history
    Fewer 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, Mar 2025 – Sep 2025 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
2
50% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
100.0%
1 of 1
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 2
National avg 6.7%
Violations
2
2 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks in New Jersey (about 12 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '25
vs 14,144 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.050 0.034
Inspections 0.25 1.23
Violations 0.10 0.97
Critical violations 0.00 0.18

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 10–19 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

2 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    Cargo securement 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness 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
  • Oct
    28
    2025
    New Jersey
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,500,000 · STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA
on record since Apr 28, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Dec 2025
A cancellation notice effective May 28, 2026 was on file at May 14, 2026; whether it took effect is not in FMCSA's frozen record — see the live check.
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: KEY RISK INSURANCE COMPANY → STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA (Dec 2025)
  • 3 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 3 took effect (the last Apr 28, 2026, replaced the same day)
  • 9 days without a liability filing (Jun 28, 2025 – Jul 7, 2025) while the authority required one; a later back-dated filing can close a lapse

Operating authority inactive (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jul 7, 2025)

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
  • New York 2