Carrier profile · USDOT 2853365 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Chavez Transport Inc

153 power unitsavg 15.3 yrLocal · 2 statesDIXON, CA79/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkschaveztransport.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 26.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 290 vehicle and 337 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.7% · 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 4.9 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

331 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 32

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 153-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
153
Inspections · 24 mo
337
Annualized
≈169 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

23%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
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 Driving129 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance99 · 12 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance96 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance86 · 27 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance60 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance57 · 29 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance28 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 21 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 8 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 474 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 49 total · 5 in 24 mo

49
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20252012
20241001
20236016
2022120712
20205015
20195045
20187017
20178038
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 17, 2026CA01Yes
Jun 11, 2026CA00Yes
Aug 27, 2025CA01Yes
Feb 25, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 15, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 13, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 24, 2023CA00Yes
Jun 22, 2023CA00Yes
May 25, 2023CA01Yes
Apr 19, 2023CA00Yes
Jan 30, 2023CA00Yes
Dec 13, 2022CA01Yes
Nov 1, 2022CA01Yes
Oct 10, 2022CA01Yes
Oct 8, 2022CA01Yes
Sep 13, 2022CA03Yes
Sep 2, 2022CA00Yes
Aug 22, 2022CA01Yes
Aug 11, 2022CA00Yes
Jul 29, 2022CA00Yes
Jul 12, 2022CA01Yes
Mar 18, 2022CA00Yes
Feb 5, 2022CA00Yes
Nov 18, 2020CA00Yes
Oct 24, 2020CA00Yes