Carrier profile · USDOT 2020772 · MC-713409 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Arturo Cantu Jr Inc

DBA HI-VALLEY TRANSPORT

16 power unitsavg 6.9 yrMulti-region · 14 statesLAREDO, TX82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-713409 ACTIVE
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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 17.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 41 vehicle and 52 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.1% · 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 4.8 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

51 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '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
≈1.6 / 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
16
Inspections · 24 mo
52
Annualized
≈26 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
96%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 8 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 3 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness14 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
3False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 23 total · 1 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241011
20235035
20223023
20212112
20202012
20191011
20181001
20173003
20161011
20153033
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 30, 2025LA00Yes
Feb 3, 2024TX01Yes
Sep 24, 2023MS01Yes
May 29, 2023SC00Yes
Mar 22, 2023UT00Yes
Feb 5, 2023IN01Yes
Jan 18, 2023AR01Yes
Jul 10, 2022TX02Yes
Apr 16, 2022AR00Yes
Mar 29, 2022AR01Yes
Apr 14, 2021FL13Yes
Mar 30, 2021AR00Yes
Aug 19, 2020CA00Yes
Feb 9, 2020IL01Yes
May 9, 2019MO01Yes
Mar 15, 2018OH00Yes
Nov 21, 2017VA00Yes
Sep 17, 2017TX00Yes
Jul 7, 2017WV00Yes
Nov 4, 2016DE01Yes
Sep 28, 2015PA01Yes
Sep 5, 2015CA01Yes
Jul 8, 2015TX02Yes