FIRST CHOICE MESSENGER
Legal: UNITY COURIER SERVICE INC
Risk factors
Moderate riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Broker payment signals
Bond, cancellation & authority risk for this broker — from free FMCSA records.
- Active broker authority with a bond on file and no cancellation filed — no FMCSA payment red flags right now.
These are FMCSA bond & authority signals — not a credit report. A filed bond cancellation is the biggest early warning that a broker may stop paying, but days-to-pay and slow-pay history aren’t public FMCSA data — verify those with a broker-credit service or references before extending terms.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
CSA performance breakdown
FMCSA · August 28, 202680 inspections · 25 violations (6 OOS) · 7.5% of inspections had an OOS finding.
Violations by BASIC
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Top cited codes
score = count × severity weight
- 1393.9A-LHLIVehicle Maint.
Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative
24
4× · sev 6
- 2393.75A3-TAOLVehicle Maint.2 OOS
Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS
16
2× · sev 8
- 3393.9A-LFTSIVehicle Maint.
Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative
12
2× · sev 6
- 4395.8A1-HOSPHOS Compliance2 OOS
HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed
10
2× · sev 5
- 5395.3B2-HOSPDHOS Compliance
HOS (Property) - Driving after being on duty more than 70 hours in the previous 8 consecutive days. Date and Time
7
1× · sev 7
- 6393.11A1-LHLMVehicle Maint.
Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any missing
6
1× · sev 6
- 7393.11A1-LRLMWRVehicle Maint.1 OOS
Lighting - Tail lamp - Both lamps on rearmost vehicle missing when required to be on.
6
1× · sev 6
- 8393.9A-HLLHVehicle Maint.
Lighting - Headlamp(s) fail to operate on low and high beam
6
1× · sev 6
- 9393.9A-LTSIRVehicle Maint.
Lighting - Turn signal -Any inoperative on a unit that is not the rearmost unit
6
1× · sev 6
- 10393.95A4-EEUSVehicle Maint.
Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured
4
2× · sev 2
Most inspected in · top 2 states
- CA79
- NV1
Latest FMCSA SMS snapshot. Codes link to the lookup — severity weighting, contest angles, and the DataQs Drafter for each. Click a BASIC to filter the codes.
Safety trends & next-run projection
Where each BASIC sits today, how it ranks against peers, and where it’s heading at the next monthly SMS run.
FMCSA keeps the Crash Indicator percentile private, and its measure needs a power-unit history public data doesn’t expose — so it can’t be estimated yet. VioCodes now records power units monthly, so a calibrated Crash estimate should light up over time. These are the public crash facts (all state-reportable crashes count, regardless of fault).
“Projected” estimates the next monthly SMS run from inspections on record now. FMCSA marks the BASIC percentile itself “Not Public,” so the percentile shown is a VioCodes estimate of how the carrier ranks against its peers, presented as a likely range (shaded on the gauge) and calibrated against real carriers. Crash Indicator has no public estimate — FMCSA keeps its measures fully private. Estimates, not official FMCSA figures. Not affiliated with FMCSA.
Recommendations
What’s driving each score, what to do about it, and where it could go.
A high share of violations are occurring in Merced County, CA
Medium impact11 of 21 violations in the last 12 months (52%) came from inspections in Merced County, CA. That can mean tougher enforcement there or simply more of your miles run through it — either way it's worth a look.
- Review the inspections from Merced County, CA to spot recurring issues
- Brief drivers running that lane; consider rerouting around the toughest enforcement corridors where practical
Recommendations are generated from the carrier’s public FMCSA roadside-inspection record. Percentiles and projections are VioCodes estimates, not official FMCSA figures. Informational, not legal advice.
90-day safety improvement plan
What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.
Inspection & crash map
live · FMCSA MCMISEvery inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).
CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.
Equipment
VINs via NHTSA27 distinct vehicles seen in this carrier’s roadside inspections.
Equipment is inferred from VINs recorded on roadside inspections (FMCSA MCMIS), decoded via the NHTSA vPIC API — it reflects vehicles inspected, not a current fleet roster.
Crash record (US, last 24 months)
Total
2
Tow-away
2
Injury
0
Fatal
1
Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Intrastate · 100+ mi1 drivers
- Intrastate · <100 mi9 drivers
- Company officer
- MELISSA KING
- Operation
- Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)
- Registered since
- 2015-06-12
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2024-02-08
- Census status
- Active
Fleet: 8 trucks.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares VINs or officers with 31 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
4 events- 02/08/2024MCS-150 update filed
1.1M mi reported (2022)
- 01/04/2024PROPERTY BROKER — GRANTED
- 12/14/2023Insurance filed — Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America
Property broker surety — BMC-84 · policy 107963484
- 06/12/2015Registered with FMCSA
AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- —
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- —
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2024-02-08
- Reported mileage
- 1,091,000 mi (2022)
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