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Company CheckA BAR J VENTURES LTD · DOT 3892704

4601 MINERS RD W, COALHURST, AB, T0L 0V0

DOT# 3892704 MC# 1431646 Coalhurst, AB 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

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

Safety & compliance 4

Apr 7, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Feb 11, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Dec 12, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Oct 6, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

Phone(403) 393-6950

Email[email protected]

Physical Address4601 MINERS RD W, COALHURST, AB, T0L 0V0

Mailing Address4601 MINERS RD W, COALHURST, AB, T0L 0V0

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1431646

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating3 years

Company Overview

A BAR J VENTURES LTD is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Coalhurst, AB. The company has been in operation for 3 years, registered with the FMCSA on 05/31/2022. The fleet consists of 4 power units and 4 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 150,000 miles (2023). With zero crashes across 10 inspections, A BAR J VENTURES LTD maintains an excellent safety record. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through NORTHBRIDGE GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, A BAR J VENTURES LTD has a Trust Score of 92/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For HireExempt 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 .4 · 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 7.5 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage150,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

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 OOS33.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective04/11/2024

CompanyNORTHBRIDGE GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION

Policy #P04179995

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet4 units

Drivers4

Mileage150,000 mi

Operating3 years

MCS-15003/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total7

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total3

Out of Service1

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above 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

1 · 0 OOS -

2024

3 · 0 OOS =

2025

3 · 0 OOS =

2026

2 · 1 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, 6 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (16.7% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

6 roadside violations across 6 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 · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 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 (9)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
04/07/2026	NV	Driver-Only (Level III)	WELLS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/11/2026	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CLE ELUM WA	4	1	1	3	1	-	▲Detail
12/12/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	BELT MT	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/06/2025	ID	Full (Level I)	BONNERS FERRY ID	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/05/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	CONRAD MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/25/2024	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	GREAT FALLS MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/24/2024	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	MOORETON ND	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/11/2024	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	PASCO WA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/31/2023	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	FARGO SCALE W OF I-29 ON I-94	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲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	NORTHBRIDGE GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION	19 CBC 1956881	$750,000	07/04/2022	07/04/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHBRIDGE GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION	19 CBC 1956881	$1,000,000	07/04/2022	04/11/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHBRIDGE GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION	P04179995	$750,000	04/11/2024	04/11/2024	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1431646	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	07/14/2022	-	-
MC1431646	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/07/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/23/2024

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 33.3333% 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 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.

A BAR J VENTURES LTD

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Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

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 (9)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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