Carrier profile · USDOT 785307 · MC-350805 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Contreras Trucking Inc

DBA CONTRERAS TRUCKING

22 power unitsavg 11.9 yrLocal · 2 statesSAN DIEGO, CA100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-350805 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkscontrerastrucking.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 15.7%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 — 153 vehicle and 181 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.5% · 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 30.8 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

178 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 13

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
≈4.1 / 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
22
Inspections · 24 mo
181
Annualized
≈91 / yr
Coverage
≈4.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

53%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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 Driving61 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance54 · 20 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance41 · 3 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance34 · 16 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance24 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 6 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Mar 31, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 12 total · 0 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20221001
20203013
20192012
20181001
20171001
20151001
20141011
20081001
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 18, 2022CA00Yes
Sep 23, 2020CA01Yes
Jun 29, 2020CA00Yes
Mar 9, 2020CA00Yes
Oct 21, 2019CA00Yes
Jul 10, 2019CA01Yes
Oct 2, 2018CA00Yes
May 16, 2017CA00Yes
Jan 17, 2015WA00Yes
Jul 31, 2014CA01Yes
Oct 2, 2008CA00Yes
Mar 23, 2000CA00Yes