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Company CheckOPTIMUM FREIGHT EXPRESS LLC · DOT 3656215

929 W 2ND ST, HAZLETON, PA, 18201

DOT# 3656215 MC# 1262195 Hazleton, Pennsylvania 4 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

7 events tracked · latest Jul 4, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 6

May 8, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Mar 30, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Mar 30, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jul 24, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Feb 3, 2025
Roadside inspection, 8 violations (no OOS).
Dec 5, 2024
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

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

Contact Details

Phone(570) 520-9299

Email[email protected]

Physical Address929 W 2ND ST, HAZLETON, PA, 18201

Mailing Address929 W 2ND ST, HAZLETON, PA, 18201

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1262195

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating4 years

Company Overview

OPTIMUM FREIGHT EXPRESS LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. The company has been in operation for 4 years, registered with the FMCSA on 06/13/2021. The fleet consists of 4 power units and 3 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 114,698 miles (2024). 2 crashes have been reported with no fatalities. A total of 14 inspections are on file. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, OPTIMUM FREIGHT EXPRESS LLC has a Trust Score of 84/100 (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 15 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 15.55 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage114,698 miles

Mileage Year2024

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.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS42.9% avg 20.7%

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/30/2026

CompanyNORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #WN383977

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet4 units

Drivers3

Mileage114,698 mi

Operating4 years

MCS-15003/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total7

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total7

Out of Service3

OOS Rate42.9%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

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

2 · 1 OOS -

2024

2 · 1 OOS =

2025

3 · 1 OOS =

2026

2 · 1 OOS =

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

0 crashes ▼

2026

1 crash ▲

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 May 2026, 7 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (42.9% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 4 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (2)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
03/30/2026	HOPKINTON	MA	0	2	1	3	Severe Crosswinds	Dry	Daylight
12/05/2024	METUCHEN BORO	NJ	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

36 roadside violations across 7 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

Vehicle Maintenance 32 violations · 5 OOS

Unsafe Driving 4 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 (9)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/08/2026	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NJ	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/30/2026	MA	Full (Level I)	H-HOPKINGTON	12	1	1	7	1	-	▲Detail
07/24/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	PLAINVIEW NY	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/03/2025	CT	Walk-Around (Level II)	UNION SCALE	8	0	0	8	0	-	▲Detail
01/14/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	WALLKILL NY	4	2	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
10/18/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-95 SOUTHBOUND SCALE FACILITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/23/2024	CT	Full (Level I)	UNION SCALE	10	1	0	10	1	-	▲Detail
08/22/2023	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE	5	0	0	5	0	-	▲Detail
06/13/2023	PA	Full (Level I)	NB REST AREA I81 DORRNACE	10	1	0	10	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections7

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 5 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA03918179	$750,000	07/30/2021	07/30/2024	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1262195	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/10/2021	-	-

No revocation records.

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84/100

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 84

−8

Starts at 100−16 totalFinal 84

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−8

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

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)−3

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

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 6/30/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-8

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 4 vehicles (~0.5 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 42.8571% vs national avg 20.72%.

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 4 years ago.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−8 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 4 vehicles (~0.5 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 42.8571% 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.

OPTIMUM FREIGHT EXPRESS LLC

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Company Overview

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (2)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (9)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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