J C L A TRANSPORTS LLC

DBA: J C L A TRANSPORTS

DOT# 535866 MC# 267531 Edinburg, TX Authorized For-Hire
(956) 316-1900 jclatrans@sbcglobal.net 714 Ponciana Dr, Edinburg TX 78542
5 tractors 3 drivers
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
33 yrs history · 8 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
5
Drivers · CDL
3 · 2
Annual miles
20k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 1 4 0 5
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Within 100 miles)
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (03-04-2010) · 16 yr old
Registered
09-02-1993 (33 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
06-11-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
LEONARDO GARZA
Officer
THELMA GARZA

Cargo

57.7
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Fresh Produce Other: SAND, GRAVEL 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.

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).

Not enough record to grade yet.

8 inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one. It leans better than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but not by enough to grade.

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 0.23×–1.66×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.1
Similar fleets
0.2

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-8 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 (5 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.2 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.56× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -4%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

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.

  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 5 of 11 violations (45%). Brake or light defects led to 1 out-of-service order.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
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, Feb 2025 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
8
50% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
37.5%
3 of 8
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 8
National avg 6.7%
Violations
11
1 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in Texas (about 10 in 24 months would be typical; 31% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 4 inspections, 2 out of service 4 Q3 '26
vs 57,512 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.043
Inspections 1.40 1.58
Violations 1.10 1.56
Critical violations 0.00 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
    11 · 1 OOS
    Brakes 5 · Lights 3 · Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 2
  • 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 Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Great West Casualty Co
on record since Jul 22, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 2023
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 3 changes: Clear Blue Insurance Company → Great West Casualty Co (Jul 2026); GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. → CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY (Jul 2025); TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. (Jul 2024)
  • 4 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Jul 22, 2026, replaced the same day); 2 replaced before they took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 3

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Mar 13, 2024)

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
  • Texas (HQ) 8