MONTANA CARRIERS INC
(661) 444-8951
montanacarriers@yahoo.com
5302 Trabuco Canyon Drive, Bakersfield CA 93307
5
tractors · all owned
5 drivers
441k mi/yr · ~88k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
26 yrs history · 13 roadside inspections
FMCSA Live Status
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Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 5
- Drivers · CDL
- 5 · 5
- Annual miles
- 441k
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tractors | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Trailers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Registration
- Registered
- 02-14-2000 (26 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 10-30-2026 (Address Change)
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 08, 2026
- Officer
- GURDIP SINGH
Cargo
59.5
medium risk
Meat
Refrigerated Food
General Freight
Fresh Produce
Beverages
Other: DRY COMMODITIES
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.
Not enough record to grade yet.
13 inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.
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 0.30×–1.91×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.SatisfactoryMarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.2
A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-6 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.
Ask
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
Worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.91×, violations 1.62× and out-of-service orders 1.55× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +16%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.
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.
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Drivers put out of service2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 1 medical certificate, 1 hours of service (May 2025 – Jul 2025).Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
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Falsified logs3 false-log violations in 24 months.Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
Strengths
- No reportable crashes in 24 months.
- No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Track record
FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – May 2026
· grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
13
23% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
14.3%
1 of 7
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
15.4%
2 of 13
National avg 6.7%
Violations
33
4 out-of-service
Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in California (about 15 in 24 months would be typical).
Inspections per quarter
With an out-of-service order
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 57,530 peer fleets
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.000 | 0.043 |
| Inspections | 2.10 | 1.57 |
| Violations | 3.30 | 1.56 |
| Critical violations | 0.50 | 0.29 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
33 violations · 24 months-
Vehicle maintenance No alert21 · 2 OOSLights 9 · Brakes 4 · Cargo securement 2 · Wheels & hubs 2 · Other parts 4
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Hours of service No alert9 · 1 OOSLogbook / ELD paperwork 5 · False log 3 · Over hours limit 1
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Unsafe driving No alert2 · 0 OOSSpeeding 2
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Driver fitness No alert1 · 1 OOSMedical certificate 1
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
Out-of-service violations
“No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold
Violations by quarter
Tap a category to show or hide itNo violation trend data
Crashes
24 monthsNo reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026Today · live FMCSA check
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- Liability (BIPD)
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$750,000 · MS Transverse Specialty Insurance Companyon record since Jul 7, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 20121 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 7, 2026
- 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY → MS Transverse Specialty Insurance Company (Jul 2026)
Authority
- FMCSA's record shows a suspension of the operating authority on Jul 7, 2026 while a filing by UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY was in force; FMCSA has corrected suspensions its new system issued in error. FMCSA's new registration system launched May 14, 2026 and has recorded some insurance suspensions and requirement changes in error; confirm with the insurer or motor carrier before acting.
Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jul 7, 2026)
FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record
35 filings and 36 authority events since 2000 · FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record
35 filings and 36 authority events since 2000 · FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
Newest first. Insurer names as filed. FMCSA does not publish why a filing was cancelled.
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Jul 7, 2026MS Transverse Specialty Insurance CompanyLiability · $750,000 · on fileFMCSA's new system
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Jul 7, 2026Operating authority suspended: no insurance filing meeting the FMCSA minimum on filea liability filing was in force on FMCSA's record that dayFMCSA's new system
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Aug 21, 2020UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · on fileFMCSA's new system
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Aug 12, 2020FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Aug 24, 2020opened after UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Sep 8, 2020)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jul 7, 2020UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Aug 21, 2020 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Sep 8, 2020 came after the replacement; 1 month in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 14, 2020Operating authority reinstatedL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 1, 2020Operating authority revoked (cause not stated)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 26, 2020GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG (risk retention group)Liability · $750,000 · ended Jul 7, 2020 · replaced by another insurer3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 10, 2020GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG (risk retention group)Liability · $750,000 · ended Mar 26, 2020 · cancellation notice took effect2 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 16, 2019FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jan 16, 2020opened after NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO. filed a cancellation notice (effective Dec 10, 2019)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 4, 2019NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.Liability · $750,000 · ended Jan 10, 2020 · cancellation notice took effect1 month in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Nov 13, 2019FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Dec 5, 2019opened after NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO. filed a cancellation notice (effective Dec 10, 2019)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 11, 2019NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.Liability · $750,000 · ended Dec 4, 2019 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Dec 10, 2019 came after the replacement; 9 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 12, 2019NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.Liability · $750,000 · ended Mar 11, 2019 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Apr 11, 2019 came after the replacement; 2 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 17, 2018FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jan 15, 2019opened after GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG filed a cancellation notice (effective Jan 12, 2019)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 12, 2018GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG (risk retention group)Liability · $750,000 · ended Jan 12, 2019 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 18, 2017FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jan 16, 2018opened after GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG filed a cancellation notice (effective Jan 12, 2018)L&I to May 14, 2026
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May 27, 2017GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG (risk retention group)Liability · $750,000 · ended Jan 12, 2018 · cancellation notice took effect8 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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May 1, 2017FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped May 4, 2017opened after GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG filed a cancellation notice (effective Apr 26, 2017)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 26, 2017GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG (risk retention group)Liability · $750,000 · ended May 27, 2017 · cancellation notice took effect1 month in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 30, 2017FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Mar 31, 2017opened after GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG filed a cancellation notice (effective Apr 26, 2017)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 12, 2017GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG (risk retention group)Liability · $750,000 · ended Apr 26, 2017 · cancellation notice took effect3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 16, 2016FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jan 12, 2017opened after GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG filed a cancellation notice (effective Jan 12, 2017)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 12, 2016GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG (risk retention group)Liability · $750,000 · ended Jan 12, 2017 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 16, 2015FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jan 13, 2016opened after GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG filed a cancellation notice (effective Jan 12, 2016)L&I to May 14, 2026
What the terms mean
- Liability filing (BIPD):
- The insurer's certificate (form BMC-91 or 91X) that the motor carrier carries bodily-injury and property-damage liability at or above FMCSA's minimum. A BMC-82 is the same promise made by a surety bond.
- FMCSA minimum:
- $750,000 for general freight in vehicles of 10,001 lb or more; $300,000 under 10,001 lb; $1,000,000 for oil and some hazardous materials; $5,000,000 for bulk hazardous materials (49 CFR 387.9).
- Primary / excess:
- An excess filing sits on top of a primary one; together they make the total filed limit.
- Replaced:
- A new filing took over from this one. Replaced the same day is an ordinary change of insurer or renewal.
- Cancellation notice:
- Form BMC-35 (insurance) or BMC-36 (bond): the insurer tells FMCSA the filing ends in 30 days. The insurer files it whether the insurer or the motor carrier ended the policy; FMCSA does not publish the reason.
- Cancellation processed by FMCSA:
- FMCSA itself ended the filing, for example when the authority was revoked.
- Lapse:
- Time with no liability filing on FMCSA's record while the authority required one. A filing received later can be back-dated, which closes a lapse after the fact.
- Suspended for insurance:
- FMCSA suspended the operating authority because no filing meeting the minimum was on file. FMCSA's records state this reason only since May 14, 2026; before then they show a revocation notice without a cause.
- FMCSA notice resolved in time:
- Before May 14, 2026, FMCSA served a revocation notice when a required filing lapsed and dropped it when the filing was restored. The notice does not say which filing lapsed.
- Suspension notice:
- Since May 14, 2026, FMCSA serves a notice that the authority will be suspended on a date unless the missing filing is restored. The notice does not say which filing.
- Cargo filing:
- Form BMC-34. FMCSA has required it only of household-goods motor carriers and forwarders since 2011, so most motor carriers' cargo policies are not on FMCSA's record.
- Broker bond / trust fund:
- Form BMC-84 (surety bond) or BMC-85 (trust fund): the $75,000 security a broker or freight forwarder must keep on file.
- Self-insurance authority:
- FMCSA lets a few large motor carriers carry their own liability; it appears as a filing by "Self-Insured".
- Risk retention group:
- An insurer owned by its policyholders (often trucking groups). It is not covered by state insurance guaranty funds.
- FMCSA record through:
- The date of the FMCSA file this section was built from. Dockets FMCSA's new system has not yet published are shown from the legacy record, frozen on May 14, 2026.
FMCSA's record of the insurance filed for this motor carrier's operating authority (forms BMC-91/91X liability, BMC-34 cargo, BMC-84/85 broker bond or trust), not the motor carrier's full insurance program. Only for-hire motor carriers with operating authority file with FMCSA; private and intrastate-only motor carriers keep proof of insurance at their place of business, so no filing does not mean no insurance. A filed limit is the amount the insurer certified to FMCSA, which can be below the policy's full limits; cargo and bond filings are shown as on file or not because FMCSA records the federal minimum rather than the policy amount. FMCSA's new registration system (May 14, 2026) publishes a partial set of dockets; a docket not yet in it is shown from the legacy record, frozen on that date, and the live check above is today's reading. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Where it happens
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Inspections by state
- Kansas 3
- Arkansas 1
- Arizona 1
- California (HQ) 1
- Colorado 1
- Iowa 1
- Mississippi 1
- Nevada 1
How the estimate is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
How the estimate is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook
The FRED Score predicts this motor carrier's crash risk over the next 12 months — how often they're likely to crash and how severe those crashes tend to be — versus a typical fleet of its size (5 power units: 5 filed, 4 seen roadside in 24 months).
Crash Outlook vs Peer Fleet
crashes per year · same scale
Average peer fleet
0.2
Actual, per year in window
0.0
Projected, next 12 mo
0.2
0
0.25
0.5
We'd expect a typical fleet of 5 power units this active to have about 0.2 crashes a year. This motor carrier recorded 0 in its scoring window (Oct 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026, about 0.0 a year) — fewer than a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 0.2 over the next 12.
Fatal-crash risk: less than a 1% chance in the next 12 months
Modeled fatal-crash rate is about typical for similar fleets (likelihood of at least one fatal crash, from its exposure and safety profile).
Track Record Used
Crashes Oct 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026 · inspections Nov 1, 2024 → Oct 31, 2026 · data as of Nov 4, 2026
Inside that window:
10 inspections
and 0 crashes.
Outside the scoring window
on the FMCSA record · not in this grade
Aged out — crashes before Oct 1, 2023, inspections before Nov 1, 2024
- 3 inspections with no out-of-service result
Why there is no grade.
Every grade but Satisfactory needs at least a 60% posterior past its cut; Satisfactory is what is left when none
passes. Here the 80% likely range (0.30×–1.91×)
still runs from below the Excellent cut (0.60×) to above the Poor cut (1.57×), so the record can't
separate a best-in-class fleet from a poor one and the page shows no grade and no FRED Score. The forecasts are
unchanged: in backtests, records this thin crash at their forecast on average but scatter about 2.6× as
widely around it as records that support a Satisfactory grade.
Confidence: Low · Z = 0.13
Satisfactory — 1.01x its class rate (cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11). Class rate 0.038 crashes per power-unit-year for a 5-unit for-hire fleet (pu2_5). Violations 1.16x (driver behaviour 1.91x, out-of-service 1.55x, all violations 1.62x; 10 inspections). Experience 0.87x: 0.0 decayed crashes against 0.3 expected over 36 months (credibility 0.13, a 2.29). 80% range 0.30–1.91x. Last change: older crashes rolling off.
Since the previous weekly run the risk relativity moved -1.7%, driven by older crashes rolling off the 36-month ramp.
Scoring flags
Thin record (low credibility: little exposure behind the grade)
What Drives This Score
1.00× = this motor carrier's class rate
FRED multiplies three factors: the class rate a fleet of this size, class and activity is expected to run, a violation relativity from its roadside record, and its own crash experience over 36 months weighted by how much exposure stands behind it. The grade is the band of the resulting relativity to class, then the screens.
Class rate
3.8 crashes per 100 power-unit-years
5 power units · 0.19 expected crashes a year
Violation relativity
1.16×
10 inspections in window
Crash experience
0.87×
0.0 decayed crashes vs 0.3 expected · credibility 0.13
Driver behaviour
Out-of-service rate
All violations
0×1× class2×+
Each sub-relativity is shrunk toward its cohort rate when the record is thin (Bühlmann credibility), so a short record reads close to 1.00×.
Relativity to class 1.01× (80% range 0.30–1.91×)
· band Satisfactory
· cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11, Critical above
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
AB PropertyTotal Inspections
13
Driver Insp
13
Driver OOS
2
Vehicle Insp
7
Vehicle OOS
1
| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
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| Unsafe Driving | 2 | 4.52 | |
| HOS Compliance | 5 | 2.63 | |
| Driver Fitness | 1 | 0.13 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 6 | 10.60 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (01-MAY-26 – 29-MAY-26) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.