CARAVAN INC

DOT# 949781 MC# 588444 Elizabeth, NJ Authorized For-Hire
(732) 554-8600 safety@cara-van.net 475 Division St Bldg 7, Elizabeth NJ 07201
69 tractors 69 drivers
Poor
FRED Score 14.9 / 100
Moderate confidence
25 yrs history · 28 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
69
Drivers · CDL
69 · 69
Annual miles
1.2M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 40 29 0 69
Trailers 105 0 0 105

Registration

FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (01-03-2023) · 3 yr old
Registered
04-25-2001 (25 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
10-23-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
ANTHONY PICCIANO
Officer
MICHAEL CARACAPPA

Cargo

62.0
medium risk
Intermodal Containers Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Other: FROZEN SEAFOOD
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, 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.

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 2.0× that of similar fleets.

Similar fleets: interstate 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 0.5× as often as the median active fleet of 50–99 trucks.

This motor carrier 1.98×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
2.7 vs 1.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–6 crashes
This motor carrier
2.7
Similar fleets
1.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~7%
About 2.0× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Much worse than peers. 9 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 4.5 a year), including 6 with injuries; similar fleets have about 1.4 a year. The grade counts 12 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.60× 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.

  • Injury crashes
    6 crashes with 7 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Lights and tires
    Lights are 6 of 19 violations (32%). Light or tire defects led to 4 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 4.3% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
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.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
9
0 fatalities · 7 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
28
71% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
16.7%
3 of 18
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
4.3%
1 of 23
National avg 6.7%
Violations
19
5 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 50–99 trucks in New Jersey (about 75 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 8 inspections, 0 out of service 8 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 Q3 '26
vs 4,136 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.065 0.026
Inspections 0.34 0.97
Violations 0.14 0.57
Critical violations 0.03 0.12

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 50–99 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

19 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    16 · 4 OOS
    Lights 6 · Tires 4 · Brakes 1 · Cargo securement 1 · Steering & suspension 1 · 3 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No log 1
  • 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
  • May
    18
    2026
    New Jersey
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • May
    13
    2026
    New Jersey
    Injury · 2 people hurt
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Mar
    10
    2026
    Connecticut
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Sep
    23
    2025
    New Jersey
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jul
    15
    2025
    New Jersey
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Jul
    9
    2025
    New Jersey
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • May
    28
    2025
    New Jersey
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dusk. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Apr
    3
    2025
    New Jersey
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

1 more in the FMCSA records below.

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)
$750,000 · PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.
on record since Nov 4, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Dec 2006
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
Broker or forwarder bond
$75,000 surety bond (BMC-84) · AGCS MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY since Nov 4, 2024
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY → PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO. (Nov 2025)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer, replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Nov 3, 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 Jersey (HQ) 16
  • New York 6
  • Maryland 3
  • Delaware 2
  • Massachusetts 1

57% of inspections were in its home state.