QUALITY TRANSPORTATION INC

DOT# 265176 MC# 185031 DUNS# 182250001 Baker, MT Authorized For-Hire
(406) 345-5648 patrickg@quality-transportation.com 511 West Montana Avenue, Baker MT 59313
35 tractors · all leased 35 drivers 3.3M mi/yr · ~96k per unit
Strong
FRED Score 82.2 / 100
Moderate confidence
41 yrs history · 104 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
35
Drivers · CDL
35 · 35
Annual miles
3.3M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 0 35 0 35
Trailers 0 35 0 35

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (08-28-1990) · 36 yr old
Registered
10-07-1985 (41 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
10-22-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
ANNA L. GRIFFITH
Officer
PATRICK G. GRIFFITH

Cargo

62.1
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Liquids/Gases Oilfield Equipment General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Grain/Feed/Hay Construction Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, Oilfield Equipment, General Freight

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

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

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: for-hire fleets of 20–49 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
1.3 vs 1.9 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
1.3
Similar fleets
1.9
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~3%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 1.9 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 14% below typical. The grade counts 3 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.34×, violations 0.38× and out-of-service orders 0.62× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -21%. 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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Brakes and cargo securement
    Brakes are 19 of 46 violations (41%). Brake or cargo securement defects led to 10 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 78% of inspections found no violations.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
104
78% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
20.8%
10 of 48
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 104
National avg 6.7%
Violations
46
16 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 18 inspections, 1 out of service 18 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 8 inspections, 2 out of service 8 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 15 inspections, 0 out of service 15 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 11 inspections, 0 out of service 11 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 9 inspections, 0 out of service 9 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 19 inspections, 2 out of service 19 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 11 inspections, 3 out of service 11 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 13 inspections, 2 out of service 13 Q3 '26
vs 11,996 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.043 0.027
Inspections 2.33 1.02
Violations 0.66 0.71
Critical violations 0.09 0.14

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

46 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    39 · 16 OOS
    Brakes 19 · Cargo securement 6 · Lights 5 · Tires 4 · Steering & suspension 2 · 3 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    5 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 4 · Reckless / lane 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    False log 1 · Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
  • 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
  • Oct
    31
    2025
    South Dakota
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Oct
    21
    2025
    Texas
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Great West Casualty Co
on record since Jul 1, 2003 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jun 1986
Cargo filing
on file · Great West Casualty Co since Jul 1, 2003
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jan 25, 1991)

Who insures fleets like this →

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
  • South Dakota 29
  • Texas 15
  • Nebraska 13
  • North Dakota 12
  • Wyoming 7
  • Montana (HQ) 5
  • Colorado 4
  • Kansas 4

Runs well beyond its home state: 5 of 104 inspections were in Montana.