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DESERT EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION LINES INC

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Company CheckDESERT EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION LINES INC · DOT 1360391

DBA: DESERT EXPRESS LINES INC

11 MAPLE ST SUITE D, SALINAS, CA, 93901

DOT# 1360391 MC# 521336 Salinas, California 21 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Sep 17, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Aug 19, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 19, 2026
Roadside inspection, 4 out-of-service violations.
Mar 26, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Jan 5, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

Insurance 1

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

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address11 MAPLE ST SUITE D, SALINAS, CA, 93901

Mailing Address11 MAPLE ST SUITE D, SALINAS, CA, 93901

Other Companies at This Address

Address11 MAPLE ST SUITE D, SALINAS, CA 93901

Others here

Distinct phones

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
CASILLAS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC	2244492	Sign in	Active
DESERT EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION LINES INC this company	1360391	Sign in	Active
EMPIRE EQUIPMENT COMPANNY LLC	4315857	Sign in	Active
CASILLAS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC	1088396	Sign in	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC521336

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating21 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 .73 · 3 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 7.16 · 9 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage679,385 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS4.8% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS29.4% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerYes

Last Review01/20/2023

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/16/2026

CompanySENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #A0117317001

Last checked09/17/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet8 units

Drivers7

Mileage679,385 mi

Operating21 years

MCS-15005/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total21

Out of Service1

OOS Rate4.8%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total17

Out of Service5

OOS Rate29.4%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 01/20/2023 | Rated: 05/04/2009

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

5 · 1 OOS -

2024

10 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

12 · 2 OOS =

2026

4 · 2 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 2026, 18 inspections, 5 resulted in out-of-service (27.8% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 8 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

28 roadside violations across 18 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 21 violations · 8 OOS

Unsafe Driving 5 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 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 (31)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/19/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/19/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	5	4	0	0	5	4	-	▲Detail
03/26/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	DESERT HILLS IF	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/05/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	GRAPEVINE IF	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
12/31/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	SIDEWINDER PLATFORM SCALE	5	1	0	0	5	1	-	▲Detail
11/19/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	KEENE SCALES	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
09/25/2025	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	YUMA AZ	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/23/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/14/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	RAINBOW IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/28/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	SIDEWINDER PLATFORM SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/22/2025	AZ	Driver-Only (Level III)	PARKER AZ	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/18/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/15/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	SIDEWINDER PLATFORM SCALE	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/16/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	NEEDLES AREA (CA/AZ) STATELINE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/23/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	DESERT HILLS IF	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/09/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	GRAPEVINE IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/10/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	SIDEWINDER PLATFORM SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/12/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	BARSTOW, CA	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
08/18/2024	AZ	Driver-Only (Level III)	BUCKEYE AZ	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/13/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	SR-18 WOF BELLFLOWER	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/10/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	GRAPEVINE CVEF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/14/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	SIDEWINDER PLATFORM SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/18/2024	AZ	Driver-Only (Level III)	BUCKEYE AZ	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/10/2024	AZ	Driver-Only (Level III)	BUCKEYE AZ	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/09/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	CACHE CREEK	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/05/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	SIDEWINDER PLATFORM SCALE	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/15/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	BARSTOW, CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/27/2023	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CACHE CREEK	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
11/24/2023	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	DESERT HILLS IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/26/2023	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	DESERT HILLS IF	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/20/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	SIDEWINDER PLATFORM SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections20

HOS Compliance 3 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 9 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	506-8979622	$750,000	12/01/2019	12/01/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY	LFS0000004	$750,000	12/01/2012	12/01/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO.	ALT 11-9-0101	$750,000	12/01/2011	12/01/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	IMPERIUM INSURANCE COMPANY	DAL 010402	$750,000	12/01/2010	12/01/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	347030	$750,000	10/16/2007	02/27/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SUA INSURANCE COMPANY	10ATMTR-306021-CA01	$750,000	05/10/2010	10/15/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY	6SAA3-546332	$1,000,000	05/10/2009	05/10/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY	6SAA3-546332	$1,000,000	05/10/2009	09/12/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY	6SAA3-546332	$1,000,000	05/10/2009	05/10/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY	6SAA3-546332	$1,000,000	05/10/2009	05/10/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY	6SAA3-546332	$1,000,000	05/10/2009	03/31/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY	6SAA3-546332	$1,000,000	05/10/2009	12/25/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY	6SAP3-546332	$1,000,000	05/10/2008	01/04/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY	6SAP3-546332	$1,000,000	05/10/2008	08/12/2008	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY	6SAP3-546332	$1,000,000	05/10/2008	05/10/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY	6SAP3-546332	$1,000,000	05/10/2008	05/10/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY	6SAP3-546332	$1,000,000	05/10/2008	03/15/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	347030	$750,000	05/10/2007	10/16/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	497402	$750,000	05/10/2006	05/10/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	460229	$750,000	05/10/2005	05/10/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	347030	$750,000	02/27/2008	05/10/2008	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC521336	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/30/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/24/2009
MC521336	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/05/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/03/2012
MC521336	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/04/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/21/2019
MC521336	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/19/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/16/2007
MC521336	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/17/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/03/2009
MC521336	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/10/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/12/2008
MC521336	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	05/19/2005	REVOKED	01/12/2009
MC521336	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/20/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/07/2009
MC521336	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	04/20/2009	REVOKED	10/25/2010
MC521336	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/14/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/08/2008
MC521336	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/13/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/10/2010
MC521336	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/13/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/11/2007
MC521336	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/13/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/15/2006
MC521336	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	04/06/2011	-	-
MC521336	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/04/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/31/2010
MC521336	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/31/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/28/2008

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

Vehicle 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

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 29.4118% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 29.4118% 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)	−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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