BUFFALO TRANSPORT
Legal: MIGUEL A ALVAREZ
Risk factors
Low riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
90-day safety improvement plan
What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.
Inspection & crash map
live · FMCSA MCMISEvery inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).
CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.
Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi2 drivers
- Company officer
- MIGUEL ANGEL ALVAREZ
- Operation
- Interstate · Hazmat
- Registered since
- 2003-11-26
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2026-03-06
- Census status
- Active
Fleet: 2 trucks · 2 owned tractors · 2 owned trailers.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Data change history
Every FMCSA record change we’ve detected — address, fleet size, contacts, MCS-150 — newest first.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares officers with 8 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
53 events- 10/21/2026Insurance filed — Canal Insurance Company
Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy CT435956001
- 10/21/2026Insurance ended — Canal Insurance Company
policy CT435956001
- 03/06/2026MCS-150 update filed
0.2M mi reported (2026)
- 01/21/2026Insurance filed — Canal Insurance Company
Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy CT435956001
- 01/21/2026Insurance cancelled — CANAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy CT435956001
- 12/26/2025COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (01/22/2026)
- 12/26/2024Insurance cancelled — CANAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy CT435956001
- 11/21/2024Insurance replaced — CANAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy CT435956001
- 09/24/2024Insurance cancelled — CANAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy CT435956001
- 08/21/2024Insurance replaced — CANAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy CT435956001
- 01/21/2024Insurance replaced — CANAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 435956001
- 09/27/2023Insurance cancelled — CANAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 435956001
- 08/29/2023Insurance cancelled — CANAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 435956001
- 11/29/2022Insurance cancelled — CANAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 435956001
- 01/21/2022Insurance replaced — CANAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 269274001
- 01/21/2021Insurance cancelled — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 1694232
- 12/28/2020COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (01/22/2021)
- 02/03/2020Insurance cancelled — SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy LTI0011492
- 01/21/2020Insurance replaced — SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy LTI0011492
- 01/07/2020COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (01/23/2020)
- 09/30/2019Insurance cancelled — SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy LTI0011492
- 09/03/2019COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (10/01/2019)
- 04/24/2019Insurance cancelled — SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy LTI0011492
- 03/28/2019COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (04/16/2019)
- 03/18/2019Insurance cancelled — SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy LTI0011492
- 02/19/2019COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (02/20/2019)
- 01/02/2019Insurance cancelled — SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy LTI0004096
- 12/06/2018COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (01/04/2019)
- 03/05/2015Insurance cancelled — SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy LTI0001584
- 02/06/2013Insurance cancelled — NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TN577442
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- —
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- —
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2026-03-06
- Reported mileage
- 160,000 mi (2026)
Changes on file
FMCSA census historyOctober, 2022
- Fleet shrank to 1 power units
- Drivers shrank to 1
January, 2021
First on-record entry — MIGUEL ANGEL ALVAREZ, ONTARIO, CA
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