Carrier profile · USDOT 637981 · MC-299293 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Coastal Pacific Food Distributors Inc

97 power unitsavg 5.7 yrMulti-region · 8 statesSTOCKTON, CA88/100
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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 13.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 226 vehicle and 354 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 2.5 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

341 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 25

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
1.8 / 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
97
Inspections · 24 mo
354
Annualized
177 / yr
Coverage
1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
13%
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 Driving59 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 15 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 5 OOS
  • 393.126 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
3False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 86 total · 3 in 24 mo

86
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20242022
20235115
20226026
20217027
20203013
20196036
20188028
20174024
20169009
20154004
20146016
20122012
20114024
20102002
20093003
20082002
20072002
20062002
20041001
20031011
20013013
20001011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 16, 2025CA00Yes
May 24, 2025NV00Yes
Mar 6, 2025UT03Yes
Jun 7, 2024CA01Yes
Mar 5, 2024HI01Yes
Oct 13, 2023WA00Yes
Oct 3, 2023CA00Yes
Jun 5, 2023WA10Yes
May 15, 2023CA01Yes
Apr 15, 2023WA00Yes
Dec 15, 2022CA00Yes
Oct 21, 2022WA01Yes
Oct 12, 2022CA00Yes
Sep 3, 2022CA00Yes
Aug 3, 2022WA00Yes
Jul 6, 2022CA01Yes
Sep 27, 2021CA00Yes
Sep 16, 2021CA00Yes
Aug 7, 2021UT01Yes
Jul 24, 2021AZ00Yes
Jul 21, 2021CA00Yes
Jul 5, 2021CA02Yes
Mar 12, 2021CA00Yes
Aug 2, 2020CA00Yes
Mar 20, 2020CA00Yes