Carrier profile · USDOT 2590226 · MC-908471 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Alvarado Sand and Gravel LLC

31 power unitsavg 16.3 yrLocal · 1 statesALVARADO, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-908471 ACTIVE
Verified linksalvaradosand.comFMCSA SAFER

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 18.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 55 vehicle and 58 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · 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 9.6 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

55 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 7

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 31-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
31
Inspections · 24 mo
58
Annualized
≈29 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

9%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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.

  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance33 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 98 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 14 total · 1 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241011
20232012
20224134
20193023
20183022
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 31, 2024TX01Yes
Jun 9, 2023TX01Yes
Jan 23, 2023TX00Yes
Nov 16, 2022TX20Yes
Jul 13, 2022TX01Yes
Jul 13, 2022TX01Yes
Jul 1, 2022TX01Yes
May 28, 2019TX00Yes
Mar 29, 2019OK02Yes
Feb 27, 2019TX01Yes
Dec 7, 2018TX00Yes
Aug 20, 2018TX01Yes
Feb 13, 2018TX01No
Jun 25, 2017TX00Yes