RELIABLE EXPRESS LLC

DOT# 970673 MC# 412559 Edgewood, WA Authorized For-Hire
(253) 863-0637 lkarcha1@msn.com 12301 2 St E, Edgewood WA 98372
3 tractors · all owned 3 drivers 452k mi/yr · ~151k per unit
Marginal
FRED Score 35.4 / 100
Low confidence
25 yrs history · 11 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
3
Drivers · CDL
3 · 3
Annual miles
452k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 3 0 0 3
Trailers 3 0 0 3

Registration

Organization
INDIVIDUAL
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (01-11-2010) · 16 yr old
Registered
08-01-2001 (25 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
12-17-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
LUBA KARCHA
Officer
LUBA KARCHA

Cargo

56.8
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Fresh Produce Paper Products Construction
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.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu2_5) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 2–5 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 1.43×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About 1.4× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.2 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.37× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they barely move its crash estimate. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

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 1 person 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 (Mar 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
Strengths
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1

Track record

FMCSA record, Feb 2025 – Jun 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
11
64% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
16.7%
1 of 6
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
9.1%
1 of 11
National avg 6.7%
Violations
8
2 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q2 '26
vs 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.333 0.039
Inspections 2.67 1.41
Violations 1.33 1.44
Critical violations 0.50 0.26

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

8 violations · 24 months
  • Hours of service No alert
    4 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 2 · False log 1 · Over hours limit 1
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    2 · 1 OOS
    Lights 1 · Tires 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 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
  • Jul
    31
    2025
    California
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • May
    23
    2025
    California
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dark - 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)
$750,000 · UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
on record since Mar 19, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Dec 2014
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
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. → UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY (Mar 2026); SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY → GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. (Mar 2025)
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Mar 19, 2026, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Mar 4, 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
  • California 6
  • Oregon 2
  • Washington (HQ) 2
  • Nevada 1