SMARTWAY CARGO INC

DBA: JD CARRIER

DOT# 2898992 MC# 974988 Bakersfield, CA Authorized For-Hire
(661) 447-5953 harjotkaur@att.net 12303 Celestine Lane, Bakersfield CA 93311
3 tractors · all owned 3 drivers 227k mi/yr · ~76k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
10 yrs history · 7 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
3
Drivers · CDL
3 · 3
Annual miles
227k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 3 0 0 3
Trailers 3 0 0 3

Registration

Registered
06-09-2016 (10 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
07-16-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
JAGTAR SINGH DEOL

Cargo

60.3
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Fresh Produce Beverages Paper Products
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat

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.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu2_5) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Not enough record to grade yet.

7 inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

80% likely range 0.20×–1.75×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Most likely none
This motor carrier
0.1
Similar fleets
0.1

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-7 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

Ask
Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (3 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Out-of-service orders 0.71× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.73× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -5%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Hazmat violations
    4 hazmat violations, 1 out of service.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.

Track record

FMCSA record, May 2025 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
7
43% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
20.0%
1 of 5
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 7
National avg 6.7%
Violations
11
1 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in California (about 9 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 57,530 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.043
Inspections 2.17 1.57
Violations 1.83 1.56
Critical violations 0.33 0.29

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

What they get cited for

11 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    6 · 0 OOS
    Brakes 2 · Lights 2 · Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
  • Hazmat
    4 · 1 OOS
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

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
on record since Jul 8, 2022 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 2016
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jun 29, 2022)

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
  • Arizona 3
  • California (HQ) 3
  • New Mexico 1