Carrier profile · USDOT 983579 · MC-441565 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Ag Express Transportation Inc

8 power unitsavg 14.2 yrLocal · 2 statesGUSTINE, CA87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-441565 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

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

Vehicle OOS 32.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 13.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 34 vehicle and 38 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 8.9 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

39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 6

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

≈2.5 / 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: 8
Inspections · 24 mo: 40
Annualized: ≈20 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

56%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

89%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

35%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

79%

Controlled Substances

Vektor peer est.

84%

Vehicle Maintenance

Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

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

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving29 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 11 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 5 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

7False logs

2Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2020	1	0	0	1
2017	2	0	0	2
2015	1	0	1	0
2014	3	2	2	3
2011	2	0	1	2
2010	1	0	0	1
2003	1	0	1	1
2002	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Dec 20, 2020	CA	0	0	Yes
Aug 7, 2017	AZ	0	0	Yes
Jan 24, 2017	AZ	0	0	Yes
Jun 25, 2015	CA	0	2	No
Jul 14, 2014	NM	1	1	Yes
Jun 25, 2014	CA	0	0	Yes
Mar 25, 2014	CA	1	1	Yes
Dec 6, 2011	CA	0	1	Yes
Apr 15, 2011	CA	0	0	Yes
Jun 19, 2010	CA	0	0	Yes
Aug 29, 2003	CA	0	1	Yes
Jul 26, 2002	AZ	0	0	Yes