PAGONIS LIVE BAIT LTD

DOT# 807445 MC# 659510 Burlington, ON Authorized For-Hire
(416) 534-3531 garrett@pagonistransport.ca 4525 #1 Side Road, Burlington ON L7R3X4
18 power units · all owned 15 drivers 1.3M mi/yr · ~72k per unit
Marginal
FRED Score 37.9 / 100
Low confidence
27 yrs history · 79 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
18
Drivers · CDL
15 · 15
Annual miles
1.3M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 4 0 0 4
Tractors 14 0 0 14
Trailers 9 0 0 9

Registration

FMCSA Rating
Conditional (02-17-2015)historical — superseded by active authority (reviewed 11 yr ago)
Registered
04-26-1999 (27 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-06-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
GARRETT FRANCIS
Officer
CHRIS PAGONIS

Cargo

64.0
medium risk
Household Goods Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Fresh Produce Beverages Other: LIVE BAIT Dry Bulk Paper Products Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, General Freight, Household Goods, 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.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 10–19 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 1.37×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.7 vs 0.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.7
Similar fleets
0.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About 1.4× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.5 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 2.93× and violations 1.29× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +14%: 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 grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 26 of 109 violations (24%). Brake or light defects led to 8 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    31.1% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (14 of 45), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 0.92× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2
  • Historical FMCSA safety rating
    FMCSA once rated this motor carrier Conditional or Unsatisfactory, but the rating is stale or superseded — the motor carrier still holds active operating authority (a current Unsatisfactory would have it revoked), so it does not reflect current standing. Shown for context, not as a current finding.
  • Canada-domiciled motor carrier
    Domiciled in Canada — cross-border operating rules and inspection patterns differ from US-based motor carriers.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
79
47% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
31.1%
14 of 45
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 79
National avg 6.7%
Violations
109
14 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks nationwide (about 18 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 5 inspections, 2 out of service 5 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 13 inspections, 1 out of service 13 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 10 inspections, 1 out of service 10 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 10 inspections, 2 out of service 10 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 13 inspections, 4 out of service 13 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 17 inspections, 4 out of service 17 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q3 '26
vs 14,122 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.083 0.034
Inspections 3.28 1.23
Violations 3.03 0.97
Critical violations 0.39 0.19

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 10–19 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

109 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    64 · 14 OOS
    Brakes 26 · Lights 18 · Tires 11 · Cargo securement 4 · Steering & suspension 1 · 4 more
  • Hours of service No alert
    39 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 33 · No log 5 · False log 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    6 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 3 · Phone use 1 · Reckless / lane 1 · Other 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
  • Mar
    12
    2026
    North Dakota
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Wet road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Feb
    20
    2026
    Iowa
    Property damage only
    Snow road, dark - not lighted, snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.

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)
$2,000,000 · ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Feb 12, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Oct 2008
Cargo filing
on file · ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY since Feb 12, 2025
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC. → ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY (Feb 2025)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Mar 21, 2011)

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
  • Montana 9
  • Washington 8
  • Michigan 7
  • California 6
  • New York 6
  • North Carolina 5
  • Colorado 4
  • Minnesota 4

Runs well beyond its home state: 0 of 79 inspections were in ON.