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950 CHAMISE DR, SALINAS, CA, 93905

DOT# 1064516 MC# 560105 Salinas, California 20 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

4 events tracked · latest Jul 14, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Jul 14, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
Jul 9, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 14, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Feb 4, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address950 CHAMISE DR, SALINAS, CA, 93905

Mailing AddressPO BOX 11242, SALINAS, CA, 93915

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC560105

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating20 years

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 1.68 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 1.66 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage137,135 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS14.3% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS8.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review03/22/2017

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective04/24/2026

CompanyDB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)

Policy #CCA-0026023-00

Last checked08/14/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage137,135 mi

Operating20 years

MCS-15004/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total14

Out of Service2

OOS Rate14.3%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total12

Out of Service1

OOS Rate8.3%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 03/22/2017

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 · 0 OOS -

2024

10 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

5 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

5 · 1 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 Jul 2026, 14 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (21.4% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 5 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

14 roadside violations across 14 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 8 violations · 5 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 4 violations · 2 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 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 (22)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/14/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CA	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
07/09/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/14/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/04/2026	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	MONTEREY AREA	3	2	2	1	1	1	-	▲Detail
01/20/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/13/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/09/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/19/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/06/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/15/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/10/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	CASTAIC IF	6	4	0	0	6	4	-	▲Detail
10/08/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/10/2024	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROY DIAS ST AT US101	2	1	2	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/16/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/12/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/15/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/08/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/15/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/03/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/20/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/20/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections14

HOS Compliance 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY	OPS0039886	$750,000	11/29/2007	04/24/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)	CCA-0011828-01	$750,000	04/24/2021	04/24/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)	CCA-0011828-00	$750,000	04/24/2020	04/24/2021	Cancelled
91	BIPD	WATFORD INSURANCE COMPANY	WIC1003073-00	$0	04/24/2019	04/24/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)	CCA-0007954-00	$750,000	04/24/2018	04/24/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STRATFORD INSURANCE COMPANY	MCC0111756	$750,000	04/24/2017	04/24/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STRATFORD INSURANCE COMPANY	MCC0110725	$750,000	04/24/2016	04/24/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	OPI1079309	$750,000	04/24/2015	04/24/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	OPI1077562	$750,000	04/24/2014	04/24/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARGONAUT-MIDWEST INSURANCE COMPANY	MC8140205	$1,000,000	04/24/2013	04/24/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PRA919651402	$750,000	04/24/2012	03/21/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PRA919651401	$750,000	04/24/2011	04/24/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PRA9196514	$750,000	04/24/2010	04/24/2011	Cancelled
34	CARGO	EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	CL978283	$0	04/24/2009	04/24/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	CL978283	$750,000	04/24/2009	04/24/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARGONAUT-MIDWEST INSURANCE COMPANY	TP3786421	$1,000,000	04/24/2009	04/24/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARGONAUT-MIDWEST INSURANCE COMPANY	TP3786421	$1,000,000	04/24/2009	05/13/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	ARGONAUT-MIDWEST INSURANCE COMPANY	TP3786421	$0	04/24/2009	04/24/2009	Replaced
34	CARGO	ARGONAUT-MIDWEST INSURANCE COMPANY	TP3786421	$0	04/24/2009	05/13/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	CL993981	$750,000	04/24/2008	04/24/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY	OPS0039886	$750,000	04/24/2007	11/29/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY	OPS0042512	$750,000	04/24/2006	04/24/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PRA919651402	$750,000	03/21/2013	04/24/2013	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC560105	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	05/12/2006	REVOKED	04/30/2007
MC560105	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/24/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/30/2009
MC560105	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/30/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/23/2020
MC560105	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/30/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/15/2015
MC560105	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/30/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/13/2009
MC560105	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/29/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/21/2021
MC560105	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/29/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/03/2010
MC560105	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/28/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/21/2022
MC560105	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/28/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/18/2019
MC560105	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/28/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/26/2018
MC560105	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/28/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/26/2017
MC560105	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/28/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/22/2016
MC560105	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/28/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/21/2014
MC560105	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/28/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/26/2013
MC560105	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/28/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/19/2012
MC560105	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/28/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/25/2011
MC560105	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/28/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/22/2008
MC560105	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	03/20/2008	-	-
MC560105	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/22/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/26/2013

No revocation records.

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95/100

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 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

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

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

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 14.2857% vs national avg 5.51%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 14.2857% vs national avg 5.51%.

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)	−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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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (22)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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