HOT FREIGHT TRANSPORT INC

DOT# 4386499 MC# 1720279 Salinas, CA Authorized For-Hire
(805) 824-8703 KRIZZ357@HOTFREIGHTINC.COM 1845 Glendora Way, Salinas CA 93906
1 tractors · all owned 1 drivers 85k mi/yr · ~85k per unit
Satisfactory Provisional: the record behind this grade is thin (9 inspections and 0 crashes in the scoring window), so the grade leans mostly on what's typical for similar fleets and can move as more inspections and time on the road build up.
FRED Score 56.7 / 100
Prior-only confidence
1 yr history · 9 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
1
Drivers · CDL
1 · 1
Annual miles
85k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 1 0 0 1
Trailers 0 1 0 1

Registration

Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Beyond 100 miles)
Registered
03-31-2025 (1 yr)
MCS-150 Update
12-26-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
SANTOS CRIST PEREZ ECHEVERRIA

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.

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

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of about 1 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
This motor carrier
0.1
Similar fleets
0.1
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About typical for similar fleets.

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.

  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 8 of 15 violations (53%). Brake or light defects led to 4 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.

Track record

FMCSA record, Jul 2025 – Jun 2026 · grade scored on Aug 1, 2025 → Jul 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
9
56% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
40.0%
2 of 5
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
11.1%
1 of 9
National avg 6.7%
Violations
15
6 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 1 truck in California (about 2 in 24 months would be typical; 41% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26
vs 29,453 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.055
Inspections 6.25 2.39
Violations 9.38 2.15
Critical violations 0.00 0.42

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, Owner-Operator power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

15 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    13 · 5 OOS
    Brakes 8 · Lights 2 · Cargo securement 1 · Wheels & hubs 1 · Other parts 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 1 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 1 · No log 1
  • Unsafe driving 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 · MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Apr 24, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 2025
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
  • 4 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 4 took effect (the last Apr 24, 2026, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Apr 28, 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) 6
  • Arizona 2
  • Iowa 1