PRIESTLEY TRANSPORTATION LLC

DOT# 2646500 San Juan Bautista, CA Authorized For-Hire
(408) 592-7507 priestleytransportation@gmail.com 408 4th Street #a, San Juan Bautista CA 95045
6 power units · all owned 8 drivers
Intrastate Only
Strong
FRED Score 82.7 / 100
Low confidence
11 yrs history · 15 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
6
Drivers · CDL
8 · 8
Annual miles
123k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 3 0 0 3
Tractors 3 0 0 3
Trailers 1 0 0 1

Registration

Registered
06-12-2015 (11 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
07-18-2024
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
PATRICIA L PRIESTLEY

Cargo

2.0
minimal risk
Other: ROCK, SAND, & GRAVEL

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Intrastate operation

Runs within California only. Intrastate fleets in California are inspected about 1 a year for every 4 trucks; interstate fleets, about 1 a year for every 2 trucks. So this record rests mainly on crash reports, which states file for intrastate trucks too, and few inspections are ordinary here.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: intrastate fleets of 6–9 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 0.68×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Most likely none
This motor carrier
0.1
Similar fleets
0.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.2 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Out-of-service orders 0.23× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.38× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -22%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 9 of 14 violations (64%).
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 30.6% for intrastate motor carriers; driver 0.0% vs 8.5%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Mar 2025 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
15
60% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 15
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 15
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
14
0 out-of-service

Inspected more often than intrastate fleets of 6–9 trucks in California (about 5 in 24 months would be typical; 46% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 2,889 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.021
Inspections 2.25 0.71
Violations 1.17 1.02
Critical violations 0.00 0.13

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, Small (advisory) power units, minimal-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

14 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    14 · 0 OOS
    Brakes 9 · Lights 1 · Steering & suspension 1 · Wheels & hubs 1 · Other parts 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • California (HQ) 15