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SANDOVAL TRUCKING LLC

DOT# 987407 MC# 417629 Kerman, CA Authorized For-Hire
(559) 242-5803 ap-ar@sandovaltrucking.us 201 S Madera Ave, Kerman CA 93630-1129
7 tractors · all owned 7 drivers
Marginal
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Low confidence
25 yrs history · 36 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
7
Drivers · CDL
7 · 7
Annual miles
125k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 7 0 0 7
Trailers 13 0 0 13

Registration

Registered
10-30-2001 (25 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
07-22-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
JESUS SANDOVAL

Cargo

61.2
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Fresh Produce Other: GEN CARGO
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 (pu6_9) 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).

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: for-hire fleets of 6–9 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 1.57×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.57× similar fleets) is in the Poor range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Poor line (1.57×), so the grade stays Marginal.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About 1.6× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.2 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.72× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -4%. 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 13 of 35 violations (37%). Brake or light defects led to 4 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Falsified logs
    3 false-log violations in 24 months.
    Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
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, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
36
58% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
26.1%
6 of 23
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 36
National avg 6.7%
Violations
35
8 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 7 inspections, 2 out of service 7 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 2 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 7 inspections, 0 out of service 7 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 3 inspections.
vs 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.214 0.039
Inspections 4.07 1.41
Violations 2.50 1.44
Critical violations 0.64 0.26

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

35 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    31 · 8 OOS
    Brakes 13 · Lights 6 · Tires 5 · Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 6
  • Hours of service No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    False log 3
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 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
  • Apr
    18
    2026
    California
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Sep
    23
    2025
    California
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$750,000 · Starstone National Insurance Company
on record since Feb 15, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 2016
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
  • 4 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 3 changes: TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → Starstone National Insurance Company (Feb 2026); OBSIDIAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Feb 2025); HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → OBSIDIAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Feb 2024)
  • 3 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 3 took effect (the last Feb 15, 2026, replaced the same day)
  • 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 Nov 23, 2015)

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) 16
  • Washington 12
  • Oregon 8

44% of inspections were in its home state.

Data sourced from FMCSA. The FRED Score is an analytical opinion and is not an FMCSA safety rating. Unless a motor carrier has received an Unsatisfactory safety rating under 49 CFR Part 385 or has otherwise been ordered to discontinue operations by FMCSA, it is authorized to operate. This information is provided for informational purposes only and should not be the sole basis for any decision. Report generated · fred-score.com/carrier/987407