DESERT SANDS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

DOT# 2742845 La Quinta, CA Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(760) 771-8590 47950 Dune Palms Rd, La Quinta CA 92253
179 power units · all owned 94 drivers
Intrastate Only
Strong
FRED Score 79.0 / 100
Moderate confidence
11 yrs history · 230 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
179
Drivers · CDL
94 · 94
Annual miles
939k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 9 0 0 9
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
06-30-2015 (11 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-19-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
KELLY MAY-VOLLMAR,
Officer
APOLONIO DEL TORO

Cargo

56.6
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food Dry Bulk
High-Risk Cargo
Refrigerated Food, Meat

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

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 100–199 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.2× as often as the median active fleet of 100–199 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.71×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.9 vs 1.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.9
Similar fleets
1.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year); similar fleets have about 1.2 a year. The grade counts 4 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.09× and out-of-service orders 0.22× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -26%. 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.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • 2 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 0.4% vs 30.6% for intrastate motor carriers.
  • 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, Sep 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
230
99% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.4%
1 of 230
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
—
no inspections
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
2
1 out-of-service

Inspected more often than intrastate fleets of 100–199 trucks in California (about 71 in 24 months would be typical; 32% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 23 inspections, 0 out of service 23 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 31 inspections, 0 out of service 31 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 34 inspections, 1 out of service 34 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 18 inspections, 0 out of service 18 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 19 inspections, 0 out of service 19 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 46 inspections, 0 out of service 46 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 26 inspections, 0 out of service 26 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 25 inspections, 0 out of service 25 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 8 inspections.
vs 115 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.003 0.009
Inspections 0.95 0.21
Violations 0.01 0.08
Critical violations 0.00 0.01

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, 100–199 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

2 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    2 · 1 OOS
    Brakes 1 · Other parts 1
  • 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
2 crashes
  • Mar
    3
    2025
    California
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Sep
    25
    2024
    California
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.

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) 230

Mostly inspected in its home state (100%).