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SMARTWAY CARGO INC

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Company CheckSMARTWAY CARGO INC · DOT 2898992

DBA: JD CARRIER

12303 CELESTINE LANE, BAKERSFIELD, CA, 93311

DOT# 2898992 MC# 974988 Bakersfield, California 10 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest Jul 7, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Jul 7, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
Jan 23, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Nov 2, 2025
Roadside inspection, 4 violations (no OOS).
Sep 17, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address12303 CELESTINE LANE, BAKERSFIELD, CA, 93311

Mailing Address12303 CELESTINE LANE, BAKERSFIELD, CA, 93311

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC974988

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating10 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 .15 · 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 6.9 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage227,191 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 OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS33.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review05/05/2023

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective07/08/2022

CompanyGREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.

Policy #MCP85764A

Last checked09/22/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers3

Mileage227,191 mi

Operating10 years

MCS-15007/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total9

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total6

Out of Service2

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total1

OOS1

OOS Rate100.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 05/05/2023

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

1 · 0 OOS -

2024

4 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

5 · 1 OOS =

2026

2 · 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 Jul 2026, 7 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (14.3% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

HazMat Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

18 roadside violations across 7 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 6 violations · 0 OOS

Hazardous Materials 6 violations · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 4 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 (12)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/07/2026	AZ	Full (Level I)	SAN SIMON AZ	3	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
01/23/2026	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CACHE CREEK SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/02/2025	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	KINGMAN AZ	4	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/17/2025	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/08/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/30/2025	AZ	Driver-Only (Level III)	PARKER AZ	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/28/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	NB 99 JSO HAMMETT RD	10	1	4	6	1	6	▲Detail
07/10/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	CACHE CREEK	3	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
07/09/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	CACHE CREEK SCALES	8	4	0	8	4	-	▲Detail
07/04/2024	AZ	Driver-Only (Level III)	EHRENBERG AZ	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/01/2024	NV	Driver-Only (Level III)	SLOAN CHECKSITE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/28/2023	NV	Driver-Only (Level III)	SILVER SPRINGS	1	0	0	1	0	1	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections7

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	GWP71908 00	$750,000	07/08/2021	07/08/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP41657A	$1,000,000	07/08/2018	05/22/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP41657A	$1,000,000	07/08/2018	06/24/2020	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	BA2603922	$750,000	07/08/2016	07/08/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	BA2603922	$750,000	07/08/2016	08/04/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP41657A	$1,000,000	05/22/2020	07/08/2021	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC974988	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	07/13/2016	-	-
MC974988	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/13/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/29/2022
MC974988	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/11/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/09/2021
MC974988	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/22/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/26/2020

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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

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% 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 33.3333% 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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Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (12)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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