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Motor carrier · USDOT 718307

JOHN MCLEOD SPECIAL EFFECTS, Mill Valley, CA: USDOT 718307 safety record, inspections, out-of-service, crashes

Fleet and drivers are as JOHN MCLEOD SPECIAL EFFECTS filed them on its MCS-150, last updated December 22, 2014. The carrier has been on the FMCSA register since December 9, 1997. Inspections and crashes are the reports in Velarion’s copy of FMCSA’s inspection and crash files, which hold the reports filed by some states, not every state; FMCSA’s free SAFER snapshot carries the carrier’s national 24-month inspection and out-of-service figures.

What the register holds for JOHN MCLEOD SPECIAL EFFECTS: its USDOT number, its address in Marin County, its operating authority, its fleet of 1 power units and 1 drivers; FMCSA has not rated it. Velarion’s copy of the inspection and crash files holds no inspection and no crash for USDOT 718307.

Identity

Legal name as filedJOHN MCLEOD SPECIAL EFFECTS
USDOT number718307
Status on the censusActive
AddressMill Valley, CA 94941
CountyMarin County
Operating authorityIntrastate Non-Hazmat Carriers
Hazardous materialsDoes not carry hazardous materials
Safety ratingNot rated
Power units1 (1 trucks)
Drivers1 (1 with a CDL)
On the register sinceDecember 9, 1997
MCS-150 last filedDecember 22, 2014
MCS-150 annual mileage10,000 miles (2014)
Cargo carriedOther

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Roadside inspections

Velarion’s copy of the inspection file holds no inspection for USDOT 718307.

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Crashes

Velarion’s copy of the crash file holds no crash for USDOT 718307.

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How this page was built: FMCSA Company Census File, read October 15, 2026.

What this page shows

JOHN MCLEOD SPECIAL EFFECTS, a one-power-unit carrier in Mill Valley, sits among the earliest 0.4% of California carriers with one power unit to join the FMCSA register. Of the 179,736 such carriers in California, 16.7% have at least one roadside inspection on file, while this carrier has none and no crashes on file. The carrier is one of 596 registered in Marin County with one power unit, and it has no safety rating.