Carrier profile · USDOT 3315261 · MC-1053851 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Golden Road Lines Inc

9 power unitsavg 6.3 yrMulti-region · 10 statesMERCED, CA93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1053851 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

9Power units

9 observed · MCS-150

33Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.3Avg age (yr)

2006–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(408) 207-8871 Email dispatchsingh7gurlal@gmail.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 30, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average31.8% vs the 22.26% national average.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 7 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2019.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo31.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo31.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

9 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.3 yr

Model years 2006–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

7 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2019 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

38 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 31.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 38 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

42.9% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 2.7 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

37 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 9

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 9
Inspections · 24 mo: 38
Annualized: ≈19 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.1 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance23 · 2 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving18 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 14 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 7 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Wesco’19–’20

North America’21–’24

Southlake Specialty’24–now

2019202120232025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 4 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2026

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2024 → Feb 2026	$750K	6
INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA	Feb 2021 → Feb 2024	$750K	2
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2020 → Feb 2021	$750K	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2019 → Aug 2020	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 9
Observed power (24 mo): 9
Trailers (towed): 33

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.3 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2006

Oldest model yr

55.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 10 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

MERCED, CA

3575 SANTA MONICA CT

Top corridor

CA 17 · WA 5 · NM 4

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 8 trucks also ran under 7 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3955963 USDOT 4441917 USDOT 1419483 USDOT 4222691 USDOT 2117298 USDOT 1415092 USDOT 3559360Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (63 trucks · 43 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3516907 USDOT 3955963 USDOT 4002103 USDOT 4274500 USDOT 4441917 USDOT 1419483 USDOT 2877222 USDOT 3348240

Shares a company officer with other carriers

gurlal singh — 50 carriers: USDOT 1884587 USDOT 1986092 USDOT 2715066 USDOT 2833515 USDOT 2833640 USDOT 2852660 USDOT 2930669 USDOT 3052655

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 3575 SANTA MONICA CT, MERCED, CA, 95348
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (408) 207-8871
Email: singh7gurlal@gmail.com

Registration

Officer: Gurlal Singh
USDOT / docket: 3315261 · MC-1053851
First registered: Jul 25, 2019
Last MCS-150: Mar 25, 2026 · 450,950 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

450,950

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for GOLDEN ROAD LINES INC.

GOLDEN ROAD LINES INC (USDOT 3315261) has a Vektor safety score of 93/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Feb 15, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 31.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier received 38 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 22 vehicle-level and 38 driver-level — across 10 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 30, 2026.

It reports 9 power units and 9 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 25, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is GOLDEN ROAD LINES INC's USDOT number?

GOLDEN ROAD LINES INC's USDOT number is 3315261, and its motor carrier number is MC-1053851.

Is GOLDEN ROAD LINES INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 30, 2026, GOLDEN ROAD LINES INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is GOLDEN ROAD LINES INC's safety record?

GOLDEN ROAD LINES INC has a 31.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 75 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 93/100 (tier: clear).

How big is GOLDEN ROAD LINES INC's fleet?

GOLDEN ROAD LINES INC operates 9 power units and 9 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is GOLDEN ROAD LINES INC based?

GOLDEN ROAD LINES INC is based in MERCED, CA, with roadside inspections recorded across 10 states.

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