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MEL XPRESS INC

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Company CheckMEL XPRESS INC · DOT 1824524

10852 ZACHARY AVE, DELANO, CA, 93215

DOT# 1824524 MC# 661980 Delano, California 17 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 Sep 2, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Sep 2, 2026
Roadside inspection, 4 violations (no OOS).
Aug 31, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Aug 28, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jul 29, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address10852 ZACHARY AVE, DELANO, CA, 93215

Mailing Address10852 ZACHARY AVE, DELANO, CA, 93215

Other Companies at This Address

Address10852 ZACHARY AVE, DELANO, CA 93215

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Distinct phones

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
MEL B ANCHETA	2247167	Sign in	Active
MEL XPRESS INC this company	1824524	Sign in	Active

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 OperationC - Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

DocketMC661980

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating17 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 3 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .58 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .83 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 2.84 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

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 OOS33.3% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS9.1% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective09/08/2025

CompanySENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #A0021786003

Last checked09/19/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet4 units

Drivers4

Operating17 years

MCS-15007/2023

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total9

Out of Service3

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total11

Out of Service1

OOS Rate9.1%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

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

4 · 3 OOS ▲

2025

8 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

4 · 0 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 Sep 2026, 14 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (7.1% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 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 · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 3 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 2 violations · 1 OOS

Other (General) 1 violation · 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 (18)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
09/02/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	4	0	0	0	4	0	-	▲Detail
08/31/2026	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CA	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/28/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/29/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/13/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/17/2025	CA	Terminal (Level V)	10852 ZACHARY AVE DELANO, CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/17/2025	CA	Terminal (Level V)	10852 ZACHARY AVE DELANO, CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/17/2025	CA	Terminal (Level V)	10852 ZACHARY AVE DELANO, CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/05/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/03/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GRAPEVINE IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/05/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/02/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	GRAPEVINE IF	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/26/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	GRAPEVINE IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/20/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	VISALIA AREA	4	1	2	1	2	0	-	▲Detail
09/09/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	BAKERSFIELD AREA	5	2	2	1	3	1	-	▲Detail
07/09/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	FRESNO AREA	5	1	4	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/10/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/07/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	CASTAIC IF	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections12

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 5 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARGONAUT-MIDWEST INSURANCE COMPANY	AS8004258	$1,000,000	10/28/2009	05/11/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	ARGONAUT-MIDWEST INSURANCE COMPANY	AS8004258	$0	10/28/2009	05/11/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	CL989917	$750,000	10/28/2008	10/28/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	CL989917	$0	10/28/2008	10/28/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN377343	$750,000	09/08/2024	09/08/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN377343	$750,000	09/08/2024	10/08/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	A0021786002	$750,000	09/08/2014	09/08/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MAXUM CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TRK-6022100-01	$750,000	05/11/2013	04/16/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN098871	$750,000	05/11/2012	05/11/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN098871	$750,000	05/11/2012	06/14/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	WPP1016273-00	$750,000	05/11/2011	05/11/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	WPP1016273-0	$750,000	05/11/2011	05/11/2012	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.	IMP 3285092	$0	05/11/2010	05/11/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SUA INSURANCE COMPANY	10ATMTR-306066-CA01	$750,000	05/11/2010	05/11/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	A0021786001	$750,000	04/29/2014	09/08/2014	Name Changed

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC661980	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	11/17/2008	REVOKED	04/22/2014
MC661980	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/01/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/22/2009
MC661980	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	09/15/2014	-	-
MC661980	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	05/06/2014	REVOKED	09/08/2014
MC661980	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/16/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/09/2012
MC661980	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/14/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/06/2011
MC661980	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/14/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/13/2010

No revocation records.

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85/100

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 85

−10

Starts at 100−15 totalFinal 85

MCS-150 update overdue−10

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

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 33.3333% 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 33.3333% 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 (18)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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