TRAFFIC TRANSPORT
Legal: JOSE F CARDENAS
Risk factors
High 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.
CSA performance breakdown
FMCSA · August 28, 20260 inspections · 0 violations (0 OOS) · —% of inspections had an OOS finding.
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Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · <100 mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- JOSE F CARDENAS
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 2006-01-10
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2026-09-14
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 1 trucks · 1 owned tractors · 1 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 addresses, phone numbers or officers with 3 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
45 events- 09/22/2026Insurance filed — NATIONAL UNITY INSURANCE COMPANY
Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy CMC-3260408
- 09/14/2026MCS-150 update filed
- 09/12/2020Insurance cancelled — QUALITAS INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy QCA-61735-04
- 09/12/2019Insurance cancelled — QUALITAS INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy QCA-61735-03
- 08/16/2019COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (09/10/2019)
- 08/16/2019CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (09/10/2019)
- 09/12/2018Insurance cancelled — QUALITAS INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy QCA-61735-02
- 08/16/2018COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/31/2018)
- 08/16/2018CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/31/2018)
- 09/12/2017Insurance cancelled — QUALITAS INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy QCA-61735-01
- 08/16/2017COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (09/06/2017)
- 08/16/2017CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (09/06/2017)
- 09/12/2016Insurance replaced — UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy MAT-0001500-10019
- 07/28/2016ENTERPRISE — GRANTED
REVOKED (09/21/2020)
- 10/28/2015Insurance replaced — ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.
BIPD/Primary · policy MAC-0001100-14-1053
- 02/13/2015MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (09/21/2020)
- 01/05/2015Insurance cancelled — ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.
BIPD/Primary · policy MAC-0001100-14-1053
- 10/01/2014Insurance replaced — ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.
BIPD/Primary · policy MAC-0001100-12-1555
- 09/25/2013Insurance replaced — ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.
BIPD/Primary · policy MAC-0001100-12-1077
- 09/25/2013Insurance cancelled — ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.
BIPD/Primary · policy MAC-0001100-12-1077
- 03/15/2013MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (01/12/2015)
- 10/21/2012Insurance cancelled — MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy 6SAA3-548557
- 07/24/2012MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (10/29/2012)
- 05/17/2012Insurance cancelled — MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy 6SAA3-547657
- 02/15/2012Insurance cancelled — MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy 6SAA3-547657
- 01/20/2012Insurance cancelled — MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy 6SAA3-547657
- 01/19/2012CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (01/25/2012)
- 12/27/2011CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/28/2011)
- 09/15/2011Insurance replaced — MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy 6SAA3-547657
- 09/15/2011Insurance cancelled — MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy 6SAA3-547657
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
- Non-ratable review
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- 2016-11-21
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2026-09-14
- Reported mileage
- —
Changes on file
FMCSA census historyJanuary, 2021
First on-record entry — JOSE F CARDENAS, CALEXICO, CA
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