DEXTER TRUCKING GROUP INC

DBA: DEXTER AXLE TRUCKING COMPANY

DOT# 809975 MC# 360286 Elkhart, IN Authorized For-Hire
(574) 295-7444 2900 Industrial Pkwy, Elkhart IN 46516
160 power units 143 drivers 6.2M mi/yr · ~39k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 71.1 / 100
High confidence
27 yrs history · 247 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
160
Drivers · CDL
143 · 123
Annual miles
6.2M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 20 32 0 52
Tractors 26 82 0 108
Trailers 86 98 6 190

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
05-11-1999 (27 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-28-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
ADAM DEXTER
Officer
JEREMIAH JACOBSON

Cargo

54.8
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Construction
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.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate 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 0.80×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
3.9 vs 4.9 for similar fleets
Likely 1–7 crashes
This motor carrier
3.9
Similar fleets
4.9
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~10%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 6 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 3 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 4.9 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 13% below typical. The grade counts 10 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Out-of-service orders 0.49× and violations 0.61× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -8%: 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
    1 crash with 2 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Drivers put out of service
    5 out-of-service violations against drivers: 4 no valid CDL, 1 hours of service (Jun 2025 – Jun 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 25 of 143 violations (17%). Light or brake defects led to 8 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 12.0% vs 22.3% national; driver 2.0% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 6
  • High speeding: 8

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
6
0 fatalities · 2 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
247
62% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
12.0%
17 of 142
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
2.0%
5 of 247
National avg 6.7%
Violations
143
30 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 100–199 trucks in Indiana (about 181 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 31 inspections, 1 out of service 31 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 27 inspections, 3 out of service 27 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 31 inspections, 4 out of service 31 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 29 inspections, 5 out of service 29 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 34 inspections, 2 out of service 34 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 29 inspections, 2 out of service 29 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 35 inspections, 2 out of service 35 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 31 inspections, 3 out of service 31 Q3 '26
vs 1,732 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.025 0.025
Inspections 1.10 0.97
Violations 0.45 0.54
Critical violations 0.09 0.10

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

What they get cited for

143 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    91 · 25 OOS
    Lights 25 · Brakes 21 · Cargo securement 10 · Tires 9 · Steering & suspension 7 · 19 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    25 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 9 · Reckless / lane 8 · Phone use 3 · Seat belt 2 · Other 3
  • Hours of service No alert
    22 · 1 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 12 · No log 5 · Over hours limit 4 · False log 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    5 · 4 OOS
    No valid CDL 4 · Medical certificate 1
  • 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
  • Apr
    10
    2026
    Pennsylvania
    Property damage only
    Daylight.
  • Dec
    29
    2025
    New Hampshire
    Property damage only
    Ice road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Dec
    16
    2025
    Texas
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Dec
    3
    2025
    Idaho
    Injury · 2 people hurt
    Ice road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Apr
    7
    2025
    Missouri
    Property damage only
    Daylight, one-way trafficway not divided.
  • Dec
    19
    2024
    Illinois
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

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)
$5,000,000 · HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since May 16, 2023 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jun 1999
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
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Apr 13, 2023)

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
  • California 69
  • Texas 20
  • Georgia 12
  • Tennessee 12
  • New Mexico 11
  • Florida 10
  • North Carolina 10
  • New York 10

Runs well beyond its home state: 2 of 247 inspections were in Indiana.