← Back to Search

VALIDATED

HILLS VALLEY TRANSPORTATION INC

Trust Score

Excellent Why this score?

Company CheckHILLS VALLEY TRANSPORTATION INC · DOT 1616534

5035 S HILLS VALLEY RD, ORANGE COVE, CA, 93646

DOT# 1616534 MC# 597490 Orange Cove, California 19 years

CARRIER

★★★★★ Ratings & reviews

Save to favorites Watch, alerts on changes Write a review Add a private note Download PDF report

Create free account →

Free • 30 seconds • Already a member? Log in

Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

Is this your company? Claim your profile →

Just researching? Create a free account →

Deep records on this carrier, only on LoadWrap

SMS BASIC Scores→ Safety & Inspections→ Licensing & Insurance→ Know Your Rights→ VIN Watch & CARB Check→ Get Change Alerts→

Public record

7 events tracked · latest Sep 14, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 6

Aug 14, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
May 18, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
May 5, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Apr 30, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Oct 18, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Sep 19, 2024
REINSTATED MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

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

Contact Details

PhoneSign in to view

EmailSign in to view

Physical Address5035 S HILLS VALLEY RD, ORANGE COVE, CA, 93646

Mailing Address5035 S HILLS VALLEY RD, ORANGE COVE, CA, 93646

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC597490

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating19 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 1.3 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .58 · 4 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 1.86 · 10 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,634,178 miles

Mileage Year2023

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)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS2.4% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS6.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review01/05/2026

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/10/2026

CompanyNATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA

Policy #082-82-7859

Last checked09/14/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet27 units

Drivers18

Mileage1,634,178 mi

Operating19 years

MCS-15004/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total42

Out of Service1

OOS Rate2.4%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total32

Out of Service2

OOS Rate6.3%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 01/05/2026

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

8 · 3 OOS ▲

2025

29 · 1 OOS ▼

2026

14 · 2 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

0 crashes =

2025

1 crash ▲

2026

0 crashes ▼

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, 44 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (6.8% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

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
10/18/2025	VISALIA	CA	0	2	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

32 roadside violations across 44 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

Unsafe Driving 14 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 14 violations · 3 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 4 violations · 1 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 (53)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/14/2026	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CA	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/18/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CA	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
05/05/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	4	1	1	1	3	0	-	▲Detail
04/30/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CASTAIC IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/29/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/22/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/22/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/22/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/13/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	GRAPEVINE IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/20/2026	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-5 NB SOF ROXFORD TRUCK RTE	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/05/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	GRAPEVINE IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/05/2026	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	FRESNO, CA	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/13/2026	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SR-99 N/B, JSO HERRING	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/12/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/26/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/09/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
11/21/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/10/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/01/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/27/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/11/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CASTAIC IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/23/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/10/2025	CA	Terminal (Level V)	5035 SOUTH HILLS VALLEY ROAD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/08/2025	CA	Terminal (Level V)	5035 SOUTH HILLS VALLEY ROAD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/08/2025	CA	Terminal (Level V)	5035 SOUTH HILLS VALLEY ROAD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/07/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/20/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/20/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	2105 WARDROBE AVE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/19/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/06/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	VISALIA AREA	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	NB SANTA NELLA SCALES	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/07/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/01/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/28/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/13/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SOF SR-70 SPLIT	2	2	0	0	2	2	-	▲Detail
05/22/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/22/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	MADERA AREA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/19/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	GRAPEVINE IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/12/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	GCVEF	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/06/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/05/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/21/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/26/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	VINEYATD PL JSO MANNING AVE	6	0	5	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/29/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	DINUBA	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
07/13/2024	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/20/2024	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/29/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
03/25/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	FRESNO	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
03/01/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/15/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	CASTAIC IF	6	3	0	0	6	3	-	▲Detail
11/14/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/24/2023	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections44

Unsafe Driving 4 viols

HOS Compliance 4 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 10 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	HALLMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	C04700052-1	$750,000	09/22/2022	08/29/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HALLMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	C04700052-1	$750,000	09/22/2022	09/22/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	HALLMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	C04700052	$750,000	09/22/2021	09/22/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HALLMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	C04700052	$1,000,000	09/22/2021	09/22/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE CO.	CA 131576A	$1,000,000	09/22/2010	09/22/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE CO.	CA 131576A	$1,000,000	09/22/2010	10/20/2021	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE CO.	COP131576A	$0	09/22/2010	08/25/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PRA9450615	$1,000,000	09/22/2009	10/01/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PRA9450615	$0	09/22/2009	10/01/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	5000JMA14010866	$0	09/22/2008	09/22/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WILLIAMSBURG NATIONAL INS CO.	CA0330373	$1,000,000	09/22/2007	09/22/2009	Replaced
34	CARGO	UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	14010764	$0	09/22/2007	09/22/2008	Cancelled
91	BIPD	THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY	TC-CRO-001535-23	$0	08/29/2023	08/29/2024	Cancelled
34	CARGO	UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	14004480	$0	03/14/2007	09/22/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WILLIAMSBURG NATIONAL INS CO.	CA0328954	$1,000,000	03/14/2007	09/22/2007	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC597490	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/09/2008	REVOKED	09/04/2024
MC597490	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	09/19/2024	-	-
MC597490	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/07/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/04/2010
MC597490	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/28/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/29/2023
MC597490	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/27/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/24/2007
MC597490	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/26/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/23/2009
MC597490	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/30/2007	REVOKED	09/29/2008

No revocation records.

Stay ahead of changes

You are checking HILLS VALLEY TRANSPORTATION INC today. We can keep watching them for you.

Authority gets revoked, insurance lapses, and a company that looks clean today can change overnight. Create an account, add this company to your list,
and the moment their authority, insurance, safety or contact details change, you see it on your dashboard, or get it by email with Pro.

Add them to your list

Keep this company and every partner you vet in one place you can come back to.

Get a change alert

The moment authority, insurance or safety status moves, you hear about it first.

See the full history

Trust Score over time and the complete authority and insurance timeline, not just today.

99/100

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 99

Starts at 100−1 totalFinal 99

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−1

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

-1

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 27 vehicles (~0.04 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−1 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 27 vehicles (~0.04 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

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.

HILLS VALLEY TRANSPORTATION INC

Trust Score

Public record

Company Information

Contact Details

Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (53)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

You are checking HILLS VALLEY TRANSPORTATION INC today. We can keep watching them for you.

Add them to your list

Get a change alert

See the full history