G&J BAL EXPRESS INC

DOT# 3358693 MC# 1507635 Bakersfield, CA Authorized For-Hire
(661) 602-8135 gjbalexpressinc@yahoo.com 9912 Buckhorn Peak Dr, Bakersfield CA 93311
2 tractors · all owned 4 drivers
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
7 yrs history · 7 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
2
Drivers · CDL
4 · 4
Annual miles
675k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 2 0 0 2
Trailers 2 0 0 2

Registration

Registered
11-15-2019 (7 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-18-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
VARINDERPREET SINGH

Cargo

62.4
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Fresh Produce Beverages
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.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears implausibly high for fleet size. 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).

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.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 1.6× as often as the median active fleet of 2–5 trucks.

80% likely range 0.24×–1.75×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
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.

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (2 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
Mixed. Out-of-service orders 1.54× and violations 1.33× the rate expected for its inspections, but unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.59×. Together they barely move its crash estimate: roadside results weigh far less than crash history. 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.

  • Lapse in liability filings
    298 days without a liability filing on FMCSA's record, the longest of 2 lapses in 36 months while the authority required one. A filing received later can be back-dated and close a lapse. Not in the grade.
    Ask: what covered the fleet during the gap.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
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, Oct 2024 – Mar 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
7
29% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
50.0%
3 of 6
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 7
National avg 6.7%
Violations
14
2 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in California (about 6 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 2 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '26
vs 57,512 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.043
Inspections 4.50 1.58
Violations 3.50 1.56
Critical violations 0.50 0.29

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

What they get cited for

14 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    14 · 2 OOS
    Brakes 4 · Lights 3 · Tires 2 · Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 4
  • 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

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 · ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Apr 9, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since May 2025
A cancellation notice effective May 27, 2026 was on file at May 14, 2026; whether it took effect is not in FMCSA's frozen record — see the live check.
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, 2 changes: MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Apr 2026); SECURITY NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. → MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (May 2025)
  • 7 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 7 took effect (the last Apr 3, 2026, replaced 6 days later)
  • 2 lapses in liability filings, 359 days in all (the longest 298 days) while the authority required one; a later back-dated filing can close a lapse
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 8

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Apr 13, 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) 4
  • Arizona 1
  • New Mexico 1
  • Utah 1