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BAINS TRANSPORTATION INC

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Company CheckBAINS TRANSPORTATION INC · DOT 2576253

1601 MERKLEY AVE # 604, WEST SACRAMENTO, CA, 95691

DOT# 2576253 MC# 901178 West Sacramento, California 11 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Feb 27, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Feb 27, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Feb 14, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Feb 13, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jan 23, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Oct 15, 2024
Roadside inspection, 6 violations (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1601 MERKLEY AVE # 604, WEST SACRAMENTO, CA, 95691

Mailing Address1601 MERKLEY AVE # 604, WEST SACRAMENTO, CA, 95691

Other Companies at This Address

Address1601 MERKLEY AVE # 604, WEST SACRAMENTO, CA 95691

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
BAINS TRANSPORTATION INC this company	2576253	Sign in	Active
ZDK LOGISTICS LLC	4113958	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 OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC901178

CommonNot Active

ContractInactive

BrokerNot Active

Operating11 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 .37 · 1 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 4 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage128,344 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)2

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS28.6% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review06/19/2024

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet4 units

Drivers4

Mileage128,344 mi

Operating11 years

MCS-15003/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away2

Driver Inspections

Total9

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total7

Out of Service2

OOS Rate28.6%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 06/19/2024

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

6 · 2 OOS -

2024

23 · 4 OOS ▲

2025

3 · 1 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

1 crash =

2025

1 crash =

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 Feb 2025, 4 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (25% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (3)

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	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
02/14/2025	DUBLIN	CA	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight
09/17/2024	I-81 SB	VA	1	2	Rain	Wet	Dawn
09/14/2023	UNINCORPORATED	CA	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

9 roadside violations across 4 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 5 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 3 violations · 1 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 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 (32)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
02/27/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	3701 E BELLE TERRACE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/13/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CACHE CREEK	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/23/2025	AZ	Full (Level I)	AMADO AZ	2	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
10/15/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	COTTONWOOD IF	6	0	1	0	5	0	-	▲Detail
08/26/2024	TN	Full (Level I)	MOHAWK TN	1	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
08/18/2024	LA	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/13/2024	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	SAINT JOSEPH MO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/31/2024	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	DONNER PASS IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/16/2024	AZ	Driver-Only (Level III)	SPRING VALLEY AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/13/2024	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE INSPECTION	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/27/2024	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	GREENE COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/27/2024	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	SULLIVAN COUNTY	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/23/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	CACHE CREEK	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
04/22/2024	AZ	Full (Level I)	HOLBROOK AZ	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/19/2024	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	KNOX COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/19/2024	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	S/B I-5 SANTA NELLA SCALES	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/20/2024	US	Full (Level I)	EHRENBERG AZ	7	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
03/14/2024	MS	Walk-Around (Level II)	KEWANEE INSPEC. STATION/ EAST.	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/13/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-95 @ I-495 (PARK AND RIDE)	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/04/2024	CA	Terminal (Level V)	WOODLAND AREA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/28/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	CACHE CREEK SCALE	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/27/2024	LA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROADSIDE	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/22/2024	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	SAN JON PORT OF ENTRY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/21/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	GRAPEVINE IF	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/05/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	BLACK ROCK PLATFORM SCALE	6	0	1	0	5	0	-	▲Detail
02/03/2024	AR	Walk-Around (Level II)	JOHNSON COUNTY	3	0	3	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/26/2023	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/06/2023	OK	Walk-Around (Level II)	SEQUOYAH P.O.E.	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/27/2023	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	KNIGHTS LANDING, CA	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
11/16/2023	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON I-10 679 FT W OF I-10 ON RA	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/13/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	CACHE CREEK SCALE	3	3	0	0	3	3	-	▲Detail
10/16/2023	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	GRAPEVINE IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections8

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 4 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	BE20172928-00	$750,000	12/27/2023	03/07/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	BE20172928-00	$750,000	12/27/2023	02/27/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TTT-46-2-212543	$1,000,000	11/02/2021	05/22/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TTT-46-2-212543	$1,000,000	11/02/2021	05/05/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TTT-46-2-201721	$1,000,000	11/02/2020	08/06/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TTT-46-2-201721	$1,000,000	11/02/2020	08/24/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	CA962996472	$750,000	10/31/2022	07/17/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	ISAH25307756	$1,000,000	10/01/2020	11/02/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	ISAH25290112	$1,000,000	10/01/2019	06/27/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	ISAH25290112	$1,000,000	10/01/2019	10/01/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	ISAH25290112	$1,000,000	10/01/2019	11/01/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TTT-46-2-212543	$1,000,000	08/31/2022	11/02/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TTT-46-2-212543	$1,000,000	08/31/2022	10/31/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	BE20172928-00	$750,000	08/30/2023	01/08/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	BE20172928-00	$750,000	08/30/2023	12/27/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TTT-46-2-212543	$1,000,000	08/17/2022	09/25/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TTT-46-2-212543	$1,000,000	08/17/2022	08/31/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TTT-46-2-201721	$1,000,000	08/06/2021	11/02/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	CW1EII-404819-01	$750,000	07/17/2023	08/23/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	ISAH25290112	$1,000,000	06/27/2018	06/27/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY	Z-35726	$1,000,000	06/27/2018	10/01/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY	Z-35726	$1,000,000	06/27/2018	06/27/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY	Z-35726	$1,000,000	06/27/2018	11/02/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 2544595	$750,000	06/25/2015	06/25/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TTT-46-2-212543	$1,000,000	05/05/2022	08/20/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TTT-46-2-212543	$1,000,000	05/05/2022	08/17/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	CW3EVE-001202-02	$750,000	02/27/2025	04/11/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	CW3EVE-001202-02	$750,000	02/27/2025	02/27/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	CW3EVE-000650-01	$750,000	02/27/2024	02/27/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	CW3EVE-000650-01	$750,000	02/27/2024	02/27/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CW3EVE-000650-01	$750,000	02/27/2024	02/27/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	CW3EVE-000650-01	$750,000	02/27/2024	02/27/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	CW3EVE-000650-01	$750,000	02/27/2024	06/11/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	CW3EVE-001202-01	$750,000	02/27/2024	02/27/2025	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC901178	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/12/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/29/2023
MC901178	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/07/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/11/2019
MC901178	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/06/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/01/2022
MC901178	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/06/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/29/2021
MC901178	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/05/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/21/2020
MC901178	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/03/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/22/2023
MC901178	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	09/01/2023	REVOKED	04/21/2025
MC901178	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/29/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/01/2022
MC901178	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	07/29/2015	REVOKED	08/29/2023
MC901178	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/28/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/09/2021
MC901178	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/25/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/18/2022
MC901178	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/20/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/17/2023
MC901178	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/29/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/28/2018
MC901178	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/15/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/24/2024
MC901178	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/25/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/06/2022
MC901178	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/09/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/04/2024

No revocation records.

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84/100

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 84

−8

Starts at 100−16 totalFinal 84

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−8

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

No phone number on file−3

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

Active for-hire authority on file, FMCSA requires insurance to keep it active.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-8

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 4 vehicles (~0.5 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 28.5714% vs national avg 20.72%.

-3

No phone number on file

No public phone number on record.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−8 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 4 vehicles (~0.5 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 28.5714% 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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Crash Records (3)

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Inspection Records (32)

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