Carrier profile · USDOT 168705 · MC-145905 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Cal-mex International Broker Inc

DBA MEX-CAL TRUCKLINE

101 power unitsavg 11.7 yrMulti-region · 8 statesSAN DIEGO, CA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-145905 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksmexcaltruckline.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 23.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 608 vehicle and 736 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.0% · 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 4.2 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

728 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 48

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
≈3.7 / 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
101
Inspections · 24 mo
744
Annualized
≈372 / yr
Coverage
≈3.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

28%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
13%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
44%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
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 Maintenance161 · 68 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving150 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance81 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance77 · 32 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance74 · 21 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance72 · 50 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance58 · 21 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance46 · 10 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance36 · 26 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance24 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 1, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 58 total · 6 in 24 mo

58
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251011
20245035
20232012
20223023
20211011
20202002
20194004
20182012
20172002
20164014
20153013
20144013
20131001
20122012
20113012
20102002
20092012
20081100
20072012
20061001
20053023
20042012
20033113
19991001
19961011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 8, 2026CA00Yes
Jan 20, 2025CA01Yes
Dec 18, 2024CA01Yes
Nov 30, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 23, 2024CA01Yes
Sep 27, 2024CA01Yes
Feb 19, 2024CA00Yes
Nov 9, 2023CA00Yes
Feb 20, 2023CA02Yes
May 25, 2022CA03Yes
May 11, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 5, 2022CA01Yes
Aug 24, 2021CA02Yes
Nov 4, 2020CA00Yes
Jun 30, 2020CA00Yes
Sep 8, 2019CA00Yes
Aug 26, 2019CA00Yes
Jul 25, 2019CA00Yes
May 10, 2019CA00Yes
Sep 28, 2018CA01Yes
Aug 10, 2018CA00Yes
Nov 8, 2017CA00Yes
Apr 15, 2017CA00Yes
Nov 15, 2016CA00Yes
Jul 23, 2016CA00Yes