Carrier profile · USDOT 363648 · MC-222282 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

California Sierra Express Inc

72 power unitsavg 7.6 yrRegional · 3 statesRENO, NV88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-222282 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkscalsierraexpress.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 9.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 182 vehicle and 230 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.4% · 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 6.7 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

223 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 16

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 72-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
72
Inspections · 24 mo
230
Annualized
≈115 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
3%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
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 Driving39 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 7 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 6, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 57 total · 3 in 24 mo

57
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20251001
20243003
20232011
20224004
20219149
20202002
20193013
20185025
20172002
20161001
20155015
20144004
20132002
20122002
20112012
20101001
20081111
20041001
20023033
20011001
19961111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 15, 2026CA01Yes
Feb 13, 2026CA01Yes
Jun 20, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 20, 2024CA00Yes
Feb 6, 2024CA00Yes
Jan 11, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 19, 2023CA01No
May 6, 2023CA00Yes
Dec 1, 2022CA00Yes
Jun 22, 2022CA00Yes
Jan 19, 2022CA00Yes
Jan 19, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 13, 2021CA10Yes
Dec 11, 2021CA01Yes
Nov 20, 2021CA02Yes
Aug 4, 2021CA00Yes
Jul 9, 2021NV00Yes
Jun 1, 2021CA00Yes
May 12, 2021CA02Yes
Feb 6, 2021CA00Yes
Feb 4, 2021NV01Yes
Sep 10, 2020CA00Yes
Jun 6, 2020CA00Yes
Aug 12, 2019CA02Yes
Jun 9, 2019NV00Yes