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SMG COMMUNICATIONS INC

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Company CheckSMG COMMUNICATIONS INC · DOT 3876200

410 4TH ST SUITE A, COLUSA, CA, 95932

DOT# 3876200 MC# 1420658 Colusa, California 3 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

6 events tracked · latest Sep 17, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Sep 8, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Jun 30, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Jun 22, 2026
Roadside inspection, 8 violations (no OOS).
May 6, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Nov 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

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Physical Address410 4TH ST SUITE A, COLUSA, CA, 95932

Mailing Address410 4TH ST SUITE A, COLUSA, CA, 95932

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1420658

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating3 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Property)

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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 1.3 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 8.06 · 7 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1 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 OOS41.7% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review05/07/2026

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/02/2026

CompanyUNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY

Policy #CA973829635

Last checked09/16/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet9 units

Drivers12

Mileage1 mi

Operating3 years

MCS-15003/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total13

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total12

Out of Service5

OOS Rate41.7%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total1

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 05/07/2026

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

2024

1 · 0 OOS -

2025

12 · 3 OOS ▲

2026

9 · 4 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, 22 inspections, 7 resulted in out-of-service (31.8% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 11 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

74 roadside violations across 22 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 39 violations · 3 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 27 violations · 8 OOS

Driver Fitness 3 violations · 2 OOS

Other (General) 5 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 (22)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
09/08/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	5	2	2	1	3	1	-	▲Detail
06/30/2026	OR	Walk-Around (Level II)	CASCADE LOCKS OR	3	2	2	1	1	1	-	▲Detail
06/22/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	8	0	0	0	8	0	-	▲Detail
05/06/2026	CA	Terminal (Level V)	CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/06/2026	CA	Terminal (Level V)	CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/06/2026	CA	Terminal (Level V)	CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/25/2026	OR	Driver-Only (Level III)	ASHLAND OR	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/16/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SR-162 AT EUREKA ST	9	2	1	0	8	2	-	▲Detail
03/05/2026	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	RIDGEFIELD WA	9	2	2	0	7	2	-	▲Detail
09/22/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	SR-162 AT EUREKA ST	4	2	0	0	4	2	-	▲Detail
07/22/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-5 OFF TO N/B US-97	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/21/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	COTTONWOOD IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/07/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	S/B WALNUT CREEK SCALES	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/18/2025	CA	Terminal (Level V)	COLUSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/18/2025	CA	Terminal (Level V)	COLUSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/18/2025	CA	Terminal (Level V)	COLUSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/17/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CORDELIA IF	6	0	0	0	6	0	-	▲Detail
02/28/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CORDELIA IF	8	2	0	0	8	2	-	▲Detail
02/13/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CORDELIA IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/10/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CORDELIA IF	5	0	1	0	4	0	-	▲Detail
01/16/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CORDELIA IF	7	1	0	0	7	1	-	▲Detail
10/30/2024	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	16TH ST AT V ST	7	0	2	0	5	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections21

Driver Fitness 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 7 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA973829635	$750,000	11/18/2024	11/26/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	73TRS124313	$300,000	09/27/2022	05/06/2023	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1420658	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	11/19/2024	-	-
MC1420658	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	11/15/2022	REVOKED	05/15/2023

No revocation records.

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92/100

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 92

Starts at 100−8 totalFinal 92

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

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)−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

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 41.6667% vs national avg 20.72%.

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 3 years ago.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 41.6667% 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.

SMG COMMUNICATIONS INC

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Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

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Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (22)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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