JOSE M LATIGO SR & JOSE M LATIGO JR

DBA: LATIGO TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

DOT# 748262 MC# 339167 Houston, TX Authorized For-Hire
(713) 635-7300 joe@latigotrans.com 8425 Ley Road, Houston TX 77028
31 tractors 22 drivers 1M mi/yr · ~32k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 68.9 / 100
Moderate confidence
28 yrs history · 38 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
31
Drivers · CDL
22 · 22
Annual miles
1M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 25 6 0 31
Trailers 31 2 0 33

Registration

Organization
PARTNERSHIP
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (09-27-2013) · 13 yr old
Registered
05-14-1998 (28 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-14-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
JOSE LATIGO
Officer
JOE LATIGO

Cargo

68.4
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Intermodal Containers Oilfield Equipment General Freight Building Materials Other: REBAR POST TENSION C Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Machinery Large, Oilfield Equipment, 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.

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: for-hire fleets of 20–49 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 0.83×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.8 vs 1.0 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.8
Similar fleets
1.0
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 1 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 12% below typical.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Out-of-service orders 1.68× the rate expected for its inspections, but unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.47× and violations 0.79×. Together they move its crash estimate -6%: 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.

  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Oct 2024).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 21 of 68 violations (31%). Light or brake defects led to 11 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    47.2% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (17 of 36). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 1.68× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 2.7% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
38
24% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
47.2%
17 of 36
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
2.7%
1 of 37
National avg 6.7%
Violations
68
19 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 4 inspections, 3 out of service 4 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 4 inspections, 3 out of service 4 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 6 inspections, 2 out of service 6 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 9 inspections, 3 out of service 9 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 8 inspections, 5 out of service 8 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 11,996 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.016 0.027
Inspections 0.92 1.02
Violations 1.10 0.71
Critical violations 0.10 0.14

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

68 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    64 · 18 OOS
    Lights 21 · Brakes 19 · Cargo securement 5 · Tires 5 · Steering & suspension 1 · 13 more
  • Hours of service No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 3
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Unsafe driving 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
  • Apr
    16
    2026
    Texas
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

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 Oct 21, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Oct 2004
1 other liability filing also on file
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
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Nov 29, 2004)

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) 36
  • Oklahoma 1
  • Federal inspectors 1

Mostly inspected in its home state (95%).