Carrier profile · USDOT 3700104 · MC-1294295 · Updated Jul 25, 2026

BAJA FREIGHT LTD

406 power unitsavg 3.2 yrNational · 27 statesINDIANAPOLIS, IN88/100
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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 6.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 500 vehicle and 693 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.3% · 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 3.4 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

671 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 37

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 406-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
406
Inspections · 24 mo
694
Annualized
≈347 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
33%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
75%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
17%
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 Driving101 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance35 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 20 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 11 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness20 · 11 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 13 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

42 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 27 total · 12 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20257055
2024111211
20234023
20222002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 12, 2026CA01Yes
May 26, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 12, 2026CA00Yes
Sep 19, 2025TX02Yes
Sep 11, 2025TX01No
Aug 1, 2025TX01Yes
Apr 9, 2025TX01No
Apr 2, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 22, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 20, 2025TX01Yes
Oct 24, 2024AL11Yes
Sep 13, 2024TX00Yes
Jun 16, 2024OH00Yes
May 19, 2024OK00Yes
May 3, 2024GA00Yes
Apr 23, 2024AR01Yes
Mar 28, 2024AR00Yes
Mar 23, 2024TX00Yes
Mar 13, 2024AR00Yes
Mar 8, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 3, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 7, 2023CA00Yes
Nov 29, 2023TX01No
Oct 22, 2023TX00Yes
Apr 3, 2023TX01Yes