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1681 E 167TH AVE, THORNTON, CO, 80602

DOT# 3162785 MC# 112394 Thornton, Colorado 7 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 Apr 21, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Apr 21, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 13, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jan 30, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jul 8, 2024
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

Phone(720) 468-1173

Email[email protected]

Physical Address1681 E 167TH AVE, THORNTON, CO, 80602

Mailing Address1681 E 167TH AVE, THORNTON, CO, 80602

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier Operation

DocketMC112394

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating7 years

Company Overview

SANDEZ DISTRIBUTION LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Thornton, Colorado. The company has been in operation for 7 years, registered with the FMCSA on 07/19/2018. The fleet consists of 1 power unit and 1 driver. Annual mileage is reported at 1,052,686 miles (2024). With zero crashes across 4 inspections, SANDEZ DISTRIBUTION LLC maintains an excellent safety record. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, SANDEZ DISTRIBUTION LLC has a Trust Score of 90/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,052,686 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective11/21/2019

CompanyARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY

Policy #CA0956098

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage1,052,686 mi

Operating7 years

MCS-15002/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total4

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

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

1 · 0 OOS =

2025

2 · 0 OOS =

2026

1 · 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 Apr 2026 — 4 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean — no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

2 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

Vehicle Maintenance 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 (6)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
04/21/2026	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	LAMAR CO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/13/2025	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	LOVELAND CO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
01/30/2025	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	LAMAR CO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
07/08/2024 ▼	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	RATON PORT OF ENTRY	2	0	0	0	2	0	-
Violations (2) 396.17(c) — CFR 396.17(c) Non-OOS 396.17(c) — CFR 396.17(c) Non-OOS
12/21/2023	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	LAMAR POE WB	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
07/09/2023 ▼	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	LORDSBURG PORT OF ENTRY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 0956098	$750,000	07/30/2019	11/21/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN242477	$750,000	07/30/2018	07/30/2019	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC112394	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/25/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/30/2019
MC112394	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/09/2018	-	-

No revocation records.

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90/100

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 90

−10

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

MCS-150 update overdue−10

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).

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) knockout	−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.

SANDEZ DISTRIBUTION LLC

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (6)

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