PRONTO FREIGHT WAYS LLC

DBA: PRONTO FREIGHT WAYS

DOT# 798267 MC# 311837 DUNS# 73211927 Taylor, MI Authorized For-Hire
(734) 229-0404 steve.narbut@prontofreightways.com 13485 Inkster Rd, Taylor MI 48180
180 power units 92 drivers
Satisfactory
FRED Score 53.4 / 100
Low confidence
27 yrs history · 49 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
180
Drivers · CDL
92 · 92
Annual miles
4.1M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 20 7 0 27
Tractors 31 8 17 56
Trailers 97 0 0 97

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (07-11-2017) · 9 yr old
Registered
03-03-1999 (27 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
09-23-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
NICHOLAS VALLIER
Officer
STEVE NARBUT

Cargo

66.4
medium risk
Household Goods Motor Vehicles Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Liquids/Gases Intermodal Containers Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Fresh Produce Beverages US Mail Dry Bulk Paper Products Construction Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, 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.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 180 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 34 units seen in 24 months, 0.14 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 the same as similar fleets.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 100–199 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 1.02×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
3.3 vs 3.2 for similar fleets
Likely 1–6 crashes
This motor carrier
3.3
Similar fleets
3.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~9%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 6 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 3 a year), including 2 with injuries; similar fleets have about 3.2 a year. The grade counts 10 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.74× the rate expected for its inspections, but out-of-service orders 0.68× and violations 0.73×. 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.

  • Injury crashes
    2 crashes with 2 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Lights and tires
    Lights are 9 of 40 violations (22%). Light or tire defects led to 5 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Hazmat violations
    1 hazmat violation.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 34 of the 180 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (49 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 180 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 3
  • High speeding: 7
  • 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, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
6
0 fatalities · 2 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
49
47% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
23.1%
6 of 26
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 49
National avg 6.7%
Violations
40
8 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 10 inspections, 1 out of service 10 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 10 inspections, 1 out of service 10 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 9 inspections, 1 out of service 9 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 5 inspections, 1 out of service 5 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 1,871 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.017 0.024
Inspections 0.23 0.91
Violations 0.11 0.51
Critical violations 0.02 0.10

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 100–199 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

40 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    21 · 8 OOS
    Lights 9 · Tires 4 · Brakes 3 · Cargo securement 1 · Wheels & hubs 1 · 3 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    16 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 8 · Reckless / lane 7 · Seat belt 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
  • Hazmat
    1 · 0 OOS
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
  • Feb
    19
    2026
    Illinois
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Dec
    16
    2025
    Illinois
    Property damage only
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jul
    31
    2025
    Michigan
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • May
    21
    2025
    Indiana
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Mar
    28
    2025
    Michigan
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.
  • Oct
    30
    2024
    Indiana
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Hartford Fire Insurance Company
on record since Mar 1, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 2011
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
Broker or forwarder bond
required · none on file
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Oct 19, 2026)

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
  • Michigan (HQ) 31
  • Indiana 13
  • Illinois 4
  • Ohio 1

63% of inspections were in its home state.