Carrier profile · USDOT 488466 · MC-254356 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Flat Rate Movers Ltd

DBA FLAT RATE MOVING

1 power unitavg 6.8 yrRegional · 4 statesBRONX, NY82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-254356 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

20.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 9.2 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 1

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
3.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
1
Inspections · 24 mo
6
Annualized
3 / yr
Coverage
3.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

26%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
15%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Apr 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 24 total · 1 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20213013
20204043
20191001
20181011
20142020
20132011
20092002
20071001
20051001
20041011
20021011
20001001
19981001
19962012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 10, 2025TN00Yes
Dec 9, 2021NY04Yes
Sep 29, 2021NY00Yes
Apr 25, 2021NJ00Yes
Aug 13, 2020NY06Yes
Jul 29, 2020NY01No
Jul 14, 2020NY02Yes
Jul 14, 2020NY01Yes
Aug 12, 2019NY00Yes
Mar 23, 2018NY01Yes
Apr 19, 2014NJ01No
Mar 3, 2014NY01No
Aug 20, 2013NY01No
Jun 17, 2013CT00Yes
Nov 18, 2009CA00Yes
Mar 27, 2009CA00Yes
Nov 15, 2007CO00Yes
Aug 13, 2005NJ00Yes
Jul 7, 2004NJ01Yes
Mar 21, 2002NJ01Yes
Jan 26, 2000DE00Yes
Mar 15, 1998AR00Yes
Feb 13, 1996KS00Yes
Jan 12, 1996NJ05Yes