NORCAL FREIGHT

DOT# 3259376 MC# 1079112 Santa Clara, CA Authorized For-Hire
(209) 627-6868 norcalfreight1@gmail.com 2216 Pasetta Dr Unit 1, Santa Clara CA 95050
8 tractors 10 drivers 582k mi/yr · ~73k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 69.5 / 100
Low confidence
7 yrs history · 19 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
8
Drivers · CDL
10 · 10
Annual miles
582k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 5 3 0 8
Trailers 10 10 0 20

Registration

Registered
03-15-2019 (7 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-09-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
PARAM SINGH

Cargo

64.0
medium risk
General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
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.

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.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate 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.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 1.5× as often as the median active fleet of 6–9 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.82×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Out-of-service orders 1.97× the rate expected for its inspections, but unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.73×. Together they move its crash estimate +3%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

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.

  • Drivers put out of service
    3 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 no valid CDL, 1 hours of service (Oct 2025 – Jul 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Apr 2025 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
19
53% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
36.4%
4 of 11
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
11.1%
2 of 18
National avg 6.7%
Violations
16
7 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 6–9 trucks in California (about 26 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 6 inspections, 3 out of service 6 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 4 inspections, 2 out of service 4 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 4 inspections, 2 out of service 4 Q3 '26
vs 57,530 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.043
Inspections 1.25 1.57
Violations 1.00 1.56
Critical violations 0.56 0.29

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

What they get cited for

16 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    11 · 4 OOS
    Tires 4 · Brakes 2 · Lights 2 · Steering & suspension 2 · Wheels & hubs 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 1 OOS
    False log 1 · No log 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    No valid CDL 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 1
  • 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

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$750,000 · SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jan 9, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 2021
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
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 3 changes: UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY → SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Oct 2025); SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY (Jul 2025); UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Jul 2023)
  • 5 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 4 took effect (the last Oct 24, 2025, replaced the same day); 1 replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 5

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jan 12, 2026)

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
  • California (HQ) 15
  • Nevada 3
  • Arizona 1