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JOHNNY'S EXPRESS INC

DBA: JOHNNY'S EXPRESS

JOHNNY'S EXPRESS INC is a small fleet, operating 1 power unit and 2 drivers, organized as an individual, based in Downey, CA. Across 5 roadside inspections in the last 24 months, the fleet's 0.0% out-of-service rate sits below the 19.4% national average, with no reportable crashes on file. BMC-91 liability filing is on file with TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, and operating authority is active for common.

Brokers & shippers · booking check

Book with caution — review signals below

No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking.

Caution
Common (Passenger) reinstated · Jul 30, 2002
Policy effective · Jan 25, 2026
Review these
  • Common (Passenger) gap · 706 days Inactive Aug 23, 2000 → reinstated Jul 30, 2002
  • 1 fatality on crash record 4 FMCSA-reportable crashes on file. Details →
On file
  • 1 active operating authority
  • Insurance on file · $4,000,000 TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · 91X Details →
  • BOC-3 process agent on file PROCESS AGENT SERVICE COMPANY, INC. Details →
  • Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating
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Plain-text risk summary (print / paste) 
TruckCodex risk summary — JOHNNY'S EXPRESS INC (USDOT 519852)
Verdict: CAUTION
Book with caution — review signals below
No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking.

Authority / census status: Active
Active BIPD limit: $4,000,000

Blockers:
  (none)

Cautions:
  • Common (Passenger) gap · 706 days — Inactive Aug 23, 2000 → reinstated Jul 30, 2002
  • 1 fatality on crash record — 4 FMCSA-reportable crashes on file.

On file:
  • 1 active operating authority
  • Insurance on file · $4,000,000 — TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · 91X
  • BOC-3 process agent on file — PROCESS AGENT SERVICE COMPANY, INC.
  • Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/519852/
As of: Sep 21, 2026
Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.
USDOT 519852 Active INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE PASSENGER, BUSINESS;PRIVATE PASSENGER, NON-BUSINESS;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE Satisfactory rated Owner: JOHNNY F. MIRANDA Additional owner: MONICA MIRANDA Passengers Based in DOWNEY, CA

FMCSA census as of Sep 21, 2026 · Sources · Freshness

TruckCodex · filing & peer scorecard

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · A

Composite of 5/5 scored components (mean 95/100). Separate from booking triage on this page. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.

A confidence 100% · 5/5 signals · expand
Authority / census
Active · 100/100

Active census status with no OOS order or revoked authority on file.

Insurance / BIPD
BIPD active · 100/100

Active BIPD/Primary-like policy on file in our insurance history.

OOS vs peers
On par with peers · 75/100

Driver OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). Vehicle OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). n=233820 same-size ACTIVE peers.

FMCSA safety rating
Satisfactory · 100/100

Official FMCSA Satisfactory safety rating.

Insurance-watch tier
Not on watch · 100/100

No BMC-91 insurance-lapse watch classification on file for this USDOT.

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard from authority, BIPD, peer OOS, FMCSA safety rating, and insurance-watch signals. Not a booking verdict and not legal advice. See methodology. Booking triage on this page: Caution.

Recent changes

Field change history → Daily change log ↓
  • DBA — → JOHNNY'S EXPRESS · Aug 19, 2026 · FMCSA Company Census
Operating authority
Insurance

3 active liability filings

BOC-3 agent

PROCESS AGENT SERVICE COMPANY, INC.

Company profile

Company details
USDOT 519852
In FMCSA records since Apr 16, 1993 (~33y)
MC / docket MC262486
Entity INDIVIDUAL
Owner JOHNNY F. MIRANDA
Additional owner MONICA MIRANDA
Operation PRIVATE PASSENGER, BUSINESS;PRIVATE PASSENGER, NON-BUSINESS;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Cargo carried
Passengers
Fleet size 1 units
Drivers 2
Annual mileage 14,356 mi
Contact & address
Phone: (562) 824-2375
Email: [email protected]
Physical
8009 VISTA DEL ROSA
DOWNEY, CA 90240
Mailing address matches physical.
Registration & safety rating
USDOT 519852
In FMCSA records since Apr 16, 1993 (~33y)
Entity INDIVIDUAL
Operation PRIVATE PASSENGER, BUSINESS;PRIVATE PASSENGER, NON-BUSINESS;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Annual mileage (MCS-150) 14,356 mi
Safety Rating Satisfactory
vs. National Average
Vehicle OOS Rate 0.0% vs 23.4% -23.4 pts
Driver OOS Rate 0.0% vs 6.7% -6.7 pts
Violations per Inspection 0.00 vs 1.80 -1.80
Peer tier (small fleets (≤10 power units)) median OOS rate: 50%
Active liability insurance
FMCSA cargo filing (BMC-34/83)

No active FMCSA cargo filing on file.

FMCSA L&I filing evidence — not a shipper certificate of insurance (COI). Cargo (BMC-34) is primarily an HHG / household-goods requirement; general freight carriers often have none.

Broker bond / trust (BMC-84/85)

No active broker surety bond or trust fund on file.

BMC-84 is a surety bond; BMC-85 is a trust-fund agreement. Required for property brokers / freight forwarders — not motor-carrier BIPD liability insurance.

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Based on FMCSA authority grant of 2011-02-10 (2,000+ days). Published gates only — not a guarantee they will accept. Confirm with the broker.

Related filings

Inspections (24 months)

All 7 inspections →
Driver Vehicle Hazmat
Inspections 5 5 0
OOS inspections 0 0 0
OOS percentage 0% 0% —
National average 6.7% 23.4% 4.4%

Roadside inspections in the last 24 months. National averages are FMCSA MCSAP reference rates (driver ~6.7%, vehicle ~23.4%, hazmat ~4.4%).

Power Units
1
Drivers
2
Inspections
7
FMCSA roadside history on file
OOS Rate (peak)
—
Crashes
4
None in last 24 months · all-time on file
Authorities
1
1 active
Carrier analysis & narrative context Status notes, risk intelligence, and safety profiles
Risk intelligence

JOHNNY'S EXPRESS had 5 roadside inspections over the past 24 months with an out-of-service rate of 0.0%, which is below the national average of 19.4%. Their highest FMCSA BASIC percentile is Unsafe Driving at 0.0.

Inspection profile

5 roadside inspections over the last 24 months, most heavily in CA (5 stops).

Violation profile

0.0% out-of-service rate, well below the 19.4% national average; top code 392.2 (Violation of Local Laws) cited 1 times.

Fleet profile

The fleet comprises 1 power unit (small fleet) and 2 drivers; Vnhl and Preo are the most-inspected makes.

Risk Signals

Authority revoked
2 revocations on record.

Out-of-Service rate vs same-size peers FMCSA roadside inspections, % placed out-of-service

Compared against 233,820 ACTIVE carriers operating 1–2 power units (±50% of this carrier's 1 unit fleet).

This carrier — Driver OOS
0%
Drivers placed out-of-service at roadside inspections
Peer median
0%
Median across 233,820 same-size peers
Verdict
On par with peers
Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)
This carrier — Vehicle OOS
0%
Vehicles placed out-of-service at roadside inspections
Peer median
0%
Median across 233,820 same-size peers
Verdict
On par with peers
Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

Authority gap detected (1)

  • Common (Passenger) authority was inactive from Aug 23, 2000 to Jul 30, 2002 (706 days)

Historical coverage gap detected (1)

  • No active BIPD/Primary insurance from Aug 31, 2002 to Sep 6, 2002 (6 days)

Fleet History

Field change history →

Sourced from FMCSA daily imports; field-level change log. 1 tracked change on record.

Record Changes

  1. As-of snapshot →
    • DBA — JOHNNY'S EXPRESS
      FMCSA Company Census
Inspection Analytics Monthly activity · BASIC mix · state map

Monthly Inspection Activity (3 months)

2024-10 2026-09

Activity by State

States this carrier has been inspected in over the past 24 months.
State Inspections OOS OOS % Last Inspection
California (CA) 5 0 0.0% Sep 16, 2026
Vehicle Fleet Top makes and models observed in roadside inspections
Make Model Inspections
Vnhl 3
Preo 2
SMS BASIC Scores FMCSA Safety Measurement System per-BASIC scores
BASIC Inspections Serious Measure Percentile Alert As Of
Driver Fitness 0 — 0.00 0 — Sep 21, 2026
Controlled Substances / Alcohol 0 — 0.00 0 — Sep 21, 2026
Hours of Service 0 — 0.00 0 — Sep 21, 2026
Unsafe Driving 0 — 0.00 0 — Sep 21, 2026
Vehicle Maintenance 0 — 0.00 0 — Sep 21, 2026

Higher percentiles indicate worse performance relative to peer carriers. Carriers at or above the FMCSA intervention threshold are marked ALERT.

Recent Inspections (7 rows) View all 7 →
Inspection # Date ▼ State Level Station Vehicle Violations Top Codes OOS
89033883 Sep 16, 2026 CA 5 INDUSTRY
VAN HOOL MOTOR COACH
Ticket: Vnhl
CT EP17004 · YE2YC11B4F2041315
1 393.11A1-LRR No
89033881 Sep 16, 2026 CA 5 INDUSTRY
PREVOST MOTOR COACH
Ticket: Preo
CA EP25063 · 2PCH33498GC713316
1 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 No
85871803 Aug 18, 2025 CA 5 —
VAN HOOL MOTOR COACH
Ticket: Vnhl
CA EP17004 · YE2YC11B4F2041315
0 — No
85871802 Aug 18, 2025 CA 5 —
PREVOST MOTOR COACH
Ticket: Preo
CA EP25063 · 2PCH33498GC713316
0 — No
83293250 Oct 21, 2024 CA 5 —
VAN HOOL MOTOR COACH
Ticket: Vnhl
CA EP17004 · YE2YC11B4F2041315
0 — No
79702145 Sep 18, 2023 CA 1 —
VAN HOOL BUS
CA EP17004 · YE2YC11B4F2041315
3 393.9(a), 392.2, 396.5(b) No
78988378 Jun 23, 2023 CA 1 SAN YSIDRO BLVD
VAN HOOL BUS
CA EP17004 · YE2YC11B4F2041315
1 393.95(f) No
Recent Crashes (4 rows)
Report # Date ▼ State Fatalities Injuries Tow Hazmat Severity
CA6751720606 Nov 2, 2017 CA 0 4 Yes No Injury
CA0007094108 Sep 18, 2015 CA 0 0 Yes No Tow
CA0002891709 Sep 30, 2006 CA 1 0 Yes No Fatal
CA0000896799 Jul 13, 2003 CA 0 1 Yes No Injury
Authority Records (1 docket)
common
MC262486
Active
—
View full authority record →
MC Certificate Documents (4 letters, 3 PDFs available)

Authority Records (above) are FMCSA docket status and lifecycle events. MC Certificate Documents here are the archived PDF letters for each action — grants, reinstatements, revocations, name changes, and transfers. They are related but not the same dataset: one row per PDF letter, not one file per docket.

Each row is a distinct FMCSA letter (grant, reinstatement, revocation, name change, transfer, etc.). When a PDF is archived, click the link to open that letter. Rows without a link still show the action type and date from our index. FMCSA stopped publishing new daily certificate PDFs after the May 2026 Motus cutover — rows below are historical archive only.

Some letters share the same legacy archived file path — we show one PDF link for the primary document and list the other actions as metadata (type + date) until per-letter PDFs are re-extracted.

Date Docket Action Authority PDF
Dec 31, 2018 MC262486-C Daily Register Reinstatement Daily Register →
May 10, 2012 MC262486 Name Change Revocation Metadata only
May 10, 2012 MC262486-C Daily Register Revocation Daily Register →
Feb 10, 2011 MC262486-C Reinstatement Letter Reinstatement Reinstatement Letter →
Insurance Coverage Timeline (76 rows)

Every insurance policy on file, newest effective date first. Amber rows mark BIPD/Primary coverage gaps.

Insurer Policy # Type Limit Effective Cancel Status
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY KXA012432604 91X $4,000,000 Jan 25, 2026 On file ACTIVE
TRISURA INSURANCE COMPANY KAA012432604 91X $1,000,000 Jan 25, 2026 On file ACTIVE
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY KXA012432503 BIPD/Excess — Jan 25, 2025 Jan 25, 2026 CANCELLED
TRISURA INSURANCE COMPANY KAA012432503 BIPD/Primary — Jan 25, 2025 Jan 25, 2026 CANCELLED
TRISURA INSURANCE COMPANY KAA012432402 BIPD/Primary — Jan 25, 2024 Jan 25, 2025 CANCELLED
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY KXA012432402 BIPD/Excess — Jan 25, 2024 Jan 25, 2025 CANCELLED
TRISURA INSURANCE COMPANY KAA012432301 BIPD/Primary — Jan 25, 2023 Jan 25, 2024 CANCELLED
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY KXA012432301 BIPD/Excess — Jan 25, 2023 Jan 25, 2024 CANCELLED
NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO. 73APS104264 BIPD/Primary — Jan 25, 2022 Jan 25, 2023 CANCELLED
PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS. 152101 1058056 BIPD/Primary — Dec 22, 2021 Jan 25, 2022 CANCELLED
PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS. 152101 1058056 BIPD/Primary — Nov 7, 2021 Dec 22, 2021 CANCELLED
PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS. 152101 1058056 BIPD/Primary — Aug 8, 2021 Nov 7, 2021 CANCELLED
PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS. 152101 1058056 BIPD/Primary — Jun 10, 2021 Aug 8, 2021 CANCELLED
PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS. 152101 1058056 BIPD/Primary — Jan 25, 2021 Jun 10, 2021 CANCELLED
PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS. 152001 1058056 BIPD/Primary — Jan 25, 2020 Jan 27, 2021 CANCELLED
PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS. 152001 1058056 BIPD/Primary — Jan 25, 2020 Jan 25, 2021 REPLACED
PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS. 151901 1058056 BIPD/Primary — Dec 14, 2019 Jan 25, 2020 CANCELLED
PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS. 151901 1058056 BIPD/Primary — Nov 29, 2019 Dec 14, 2019 CANCELLED
PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS. 151901 1058056 BIPD/Primary — Sep 27, 2019 Nov 29, 2019 CANCELLED
PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS. 151901 1058056 BIPD/Primary — Aug 11, 2019 Sep 27, 2019 CANCELLED
PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS. 151901 1058056 BIPD/Primary — Jan 25, 2019 Aug 11, 2019 CANCELLED
RLI INSURANCE COMPANY SFB0011866 BIPD/Primary — Oct 28, 2018 Jan 25, 2019 CANCELLED
RLI INSURANCE COMPANY SFB0011866 BIPD/Primary — Sep 26, 2018 Oct 28, 2018 CANCELLED
RLI INSURANCE COMPANY SFB0011866 BIPD/Primary — Jun 29, 2018 Sep 26, 2018 CANCELLED
RLI INSURANCE COMPANY SFB0011866 BIPD/Primary — Jun 29, 2018 Jun 29, 2018 REPLACED
Compliance Timeline Merged authority / insurance / enforcement events
  1. Jan 25, 2026
    insurance
    CANCEL — TRISURA INSURANCE COMPANY
  2. Jan 25, 2026
    insurance
    CANCEL — TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  3. Jan 23, 2026
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  4. Jan 25, 2025
    insurance
    CANCEL — TRISURA INSURANCE COMPANY
  5. Jan 25, 2025
    insurance
    CANCEL — TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  6. Jan 24, 2025
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  7. Jan 25, 2024
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  8. Jan 25, 2024
    insurance
    CANCEL — TRISURA INSURANCE COMPANY
  9. Jan 25, 2024
    insurance
    CANCEL — TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  10. Jan 25, 2023
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  11. Jan 25, 2023
    insurance
    CANCEL — NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.
  12. Jan 26, 2022
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  13. Jan 25, 2022
    insurance
    CANCEL — PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS.
  14. Dec 22, 2021
    insurance
    CANCEL — PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS.
  15. Dec 16, 2021
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  16. Nov 7, 2021
    insurance
    CANCEL — PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS.
  17. Oct 20, 2021
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  18. Aug 8, 2021
    insurance
    CANCEL — PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS.
  19. Jul 28, 2021
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  20. Jun 10, 2021
    insurance
    CANCEL — PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS.
  21. Jun 4, 2021
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  22. Jan 27, 2021
    insurance
    TERM/CANCL — PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS.
  23. Jan 26, 2021
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  24. Jan 25, 2021
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS.
  25. Jan 27, 2020
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  26. Jan 25, 2020
    insurance
    CANCEL — PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS.
  27. Dec 14, 2019
    insurance
    CANCEL — PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS.
  28. Nov 29, 2019
    insurance
    CANCEL — PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS.
  29. Nov 5, 2019
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  30. Sep 27, 2019
    insurance
    CANCEL — PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS.
  31. Sep 26, 2019
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  32. Aug 12, 2019
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  33. Aug 11, 2019
    insurance
    CANCEL — PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS.
  34. Jan 28, 2019
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  35. Jan 25, 2019
    insurance
    CANCEL — RLI INSURANCE COMPANY
  36. Oct 28, 2018
    insurance
    CANCEL — RLI INSURANCE COMPANY
  37. Oct 19, 2018
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  38. Sep 26, 2018
    insurance
    CANCEL — RLI INSURANCE COMPANY
  39. Sep 17, 2018
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  40. Jun 29, 2018
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — RLI INSURANCE COMPANY
Top Stations & Violation Codes Where this carrier gets inspected and what they get cited for

Most-Inspected Stations

Station State Inspections OOS
INDUSTRY CA 2 0
SAN YSIDRO BLVD CA 1 0

Top Violation Codes Cited

Code Description Category Cited OOS
392.2 Violation of Local Laws Unsafe Driving 1 0
393.95(f) Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper. Vehicle Maintenance 1 0
393.9(a) Inoperable required lamps Vehicle Maintenance 1 0
396.5(b) Oil and/or grease leak Vehicle Maintenance 1 0

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