SONY PICTURES STUDIOS INC

DOT# 437279 Culver City, CA Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire / Private Property
(310) 244-7016 sony_dot@spe.sony.com 5933 West Slauson Ave, Culver City CA 90230
362 power units 481 drivers
HazMat
Satisfactory Provisional: the filed fleet isn't backed up by the roadside record (only 12 of the 362 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months), so the grade can't lean on this motor carrier's own history until the fleet size is confirmed.
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Prior-only confidence
35 yrs history · 12 roadside inspections
Upside capped

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
362
Drivers · CDL
481 · 481
Annual miles
500k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 65 198 0 263
Tractors 9 5 0 14
Trailers 6 28 0 34

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (11-06-2008) · 18 yr old
Registered
02-25-1991 (35 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
09-12-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
DON VIOLETT

Cargo

35.0
low risk
Other: STUDIO EQUIPMENT

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

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.48× similar fleets) would put it in Excellent; these rules hold it at Satisfactory:

  • Excellent withheld: driver-behaviour relativity above 1.0×
  • Upside withheld: under 0.1 inspections per filed power unit

The downside is never capped.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 362 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 12 units seen in 24 months, 0.02 inspections per filed unit-year. The grade's relativity to class is unchanged; its confidence tier is cut to reflect the unverified exposure, and until the fleet is confirmed an Excellent grade shows as Strong and a Strong as Satisfactory. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

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).

Too little record to tell how this motor carrier's crash rate compares with similar fleets.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 200–499 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 0.48×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.8 vs 1.6 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.8
Similar fleets
1.6
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
Below 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 1.6 a year. The grade counts 1 crash in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.66× the rate expected for its inspections, but out-of-service orders 0.27× and violations 0.61×. Together they move its crash estimate -8%: 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.

  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 12 of the 362 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (12 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 362 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule (the MCS-150 was last updated Sep 2025).
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • 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, Nov 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
12
58% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 8
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 10
National avg 6.7%
Violations
6
0 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 200–499 trucks in California (about 448 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q3 '26
vs 55 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.013
Inspections 0.03 0.34
Violations 0.01 0.11
Critical violations 0.00 0.02

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 200–499 power units, low-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

6 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Lights 2 · Tires 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 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

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

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) 5
  • New York 4
  • Wyoming 2
  • Virginia 1