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Company CheckCOLETTA'S DOWNTOWN AUTO SERVICE INC · DOT 130600

DBA: COLETTA'S GARAGE

250 NIANTIC AVENUE, PROVIDENCE, RI, 02907

DOT# 130600 MC# 135991 Providence, Rhode Island 54 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest Aug 5, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Aug 5, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jun 18, 2025
Roadside inspection, 4 violations (no OOS).
May 29, 2025
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
Jan 9, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

Phone(401) 421-3232

Fax(401) 331-2595

Email-

Physical Address250 NIANTIC AVENUE, PROVIDENCE, RI, 02907

Mailing Address250 NIANTIC AVENUE, PROVIDENCE, RI, 02907

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC135991

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating54 years

Company Overview

COLETTA'S DOWNTOWN AUTO SERVICE INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Providence, Rhode Island. The company has been in operation for 54 years, registered with the FMCSA on 06/01/1974. The fleet consists of 14 power units and 15 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 360,000 miles (2023). With zero crashes across 8 inspections, COLETTA'S DOWNTOWN AUTO SERVICE INC maintains an excellent safety record. Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates exceed the national average, which may indicate compliance concerns. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, COLETTA'S DOWNTOWN AUTO SERVICE INC has a Trust Score of 88/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 1.44 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 3 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage360,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS16.7% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS50.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review09/19/2000

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective12/31/2020

CompanyNATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA

Policy #5717953

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet14 units

Drivers15

Mileage360,000 mi

Operating54 years

MCS-15008/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total6

Out of Service1

OOS Rate16.7%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total2

Out of Service1

OOS Rate50.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 09/19/2000 | Rated: 09/25/2000

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

4 · 1 OOS -

2024

4 · 1 OOS =

2025

4 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Aug 2025, 6 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (16.7% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

15 roadside violations across 6 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Unsafe Driving 4 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 3 violations · 1 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 2 violations · 1 OOS

Other (General) 6 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (12)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/05/2025	MA	Full (Level I)	H-ROWLEY	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/18/2025	MA	Driver-Only (Level III)	H-ATTLEBORO	4	0	0	0	4	0	-	▲Detail
05/29/2025	MA	Driver-Only (Level III)	H-DEDHAM	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/09/2025	MA	Driver-Only (Level III)	H-TEWKSBURY	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
11/06/2024	MA	Walk-Around (Level II)	H-LUDLOW	5	2	2	1	3	1	-	▲Detail
11/04/2024	RI	Driver-Only (Level III)	RT 95S @ EXIT 28A (RT 113)	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/13/2024	MA	Driver-Only (Level III)	H-ROWLEY	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/12/2024	MA	Walk-Around (Level II)	H-LUDLOW	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
10/20/2023	RI	Full (Level I)	DUPONT DR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/20/2023	RI	Full (Level I)	DUPONT DR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/20/2023	RI	Full (Level I)	DUPONT DR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/02/2023	MA	Full (Level I)	H-ATTLEBORO	6	3	1	1	5	2	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections6

Driver Fitness 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70ST001060	$1,000,000	12/23/2005	04/14/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70ST 001060	$1,000,000	11/22/2005	12/23/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SPECIALTY UNDERWRITERS ALLIANCE	CPP1201282	$1,000,000	04/15/1999	04/15/2001	Cancelled
34	CARGO	SPECIALTY UNDERWRITERS ALLIANCE	CPP1201282	$0	04/15/1999	04/15/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	P830912K2011TIL97	$1,000,000	04/15/1997	04/15/1999	Replaced
91	BIPD	THE CONNECTICUT INDEMNITY CO.	TT 100289	$0	04/15/1996	04/15/1997	Cancelled
34	CARGO	THE CONNECTICUT INDEMNITY CO.	TT100289	$0	04/15/1996	04/15/1999	Replaced
91	BIPD	NORTH AMERICAN SPECIALTY INS CO	17002CA2117704	$0	04/15/1995	04/15/1996	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NORTH AMERICAN SPECIALTY INS CO	17002CA2117704	$0	04/15/1995	04/15/1996	Replaced
91	BIPD	NORTH AMERICAN SPECIALTY INS CO	17002CA 21177 03	$0	04/15/1994	04/15/1995	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NORTH AMERICAN SPECIALTY INS CO	17002CA 2117703	$0	04/15/1994	04/15/1995	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	MANUFACTURERS ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY	151801 9920794	$750,000	04/14/2018	04/14/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	MANUFACTURERS ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY	151801 9920794	$750,000	04/14/2018	04/11/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MANUFACTURERS ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY	151601 9920794	$1,000,000	04/14/2016	04/14/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE CO.	314161	$1,000,000	04/14/2011	04/14/2016	Replaced
34	CARGO	PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	PTOWK001655-00	$0	04/14/2010	04/14/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	PTOWK001655-00	$1,000,000	04/14/2010	04/14/2011	Cancelled
34	CARGO	STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	TOW004946-02	$0	04/14/2009	04/14/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	TOW004946-02	$1,000,000	04/14/2009	04/14/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	TOW004946-01	$1,000,000	04/14/2008	04/14/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	TOW004946-01	$0	04/14/2008	04/14/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	TOW004946-00	$1,000,000	04/14/2007	04/14/2008	Cancelled
34	CARGO	STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	TOW004946-00	$0	04/14/2007	04/14/2008	Cancelled
34	CARGO	FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.	MZI97002227BOS	$0	04/14/2006	04/14/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CTO0107974	$1,000,000	04/14/2006	04/14/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70ST 001060	$1,000,000	04/14/2005	11/22/2005	Replaced
34	CARGO	ONEBEACON INSURANCE COMPANY	B01 QBR827954	$0	04/14/2004	04/20/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70ST 001053	$1,000,000	04/14/2004	04/14/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	WCP102000161800	$1,000,000	04/14/2003	04/14/2004	Cancelled
34	CARGO	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	WCP102000161800	$0	04/14/2003	04/14/2004	Cancelled
34	CARGO	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	KB1641-1	$0	04/14/2002	04/14/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	KB1641-1	$1,000,000	04/14/2002	04/14/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	KB16410	$1,000,000	04/14/2001	04/14/2002	Cancelled
34	CARGO	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	KB16410	$0	04/14/2001	04/14/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT	2N439041	$750,000	04/11/2019	12/31/2020	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC135991	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/28/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/19/2005
MC135991	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/07/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/23/2005
MC135991	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/20/1971	-	-
MC135991	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/16/1996	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/07/1996
MC135991	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/15/1995	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/08/1995
MC135991	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/15/1995	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/08/1995
MC135991	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/24/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/20/2006
MC135991	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/20/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/17/2006
MC135991	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/18/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/15/2019
MC135991	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/18/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/07/2011
MC135991	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/18/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/12/2010
MC135991	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/18/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/09/2009
MC135991	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/18/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/10/2008
MC135991	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/18/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/15/2005
MC135991	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/18/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/20/2004

No revocation records.

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88/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 88

Starts at 100−12 totalFinal 88

Driver out-of-service rate above national average−5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

No email address on file−2

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 16.6667% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 50% vs national avg 20.72%.

-2

No email address on file

No public email address on record.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 16.6667% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 50% vs national avg 20.72%.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers) knockout	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

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Inspection Records (12)

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