Carrier profile · USDOT 1998793 · MC-708108 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

D & C Vargas Transport Inc

1 power unitavg 7.5 yrMulti-region · 9 statesHARRISON, NJ74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-708108 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 38.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 31 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

83.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 4

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
≈15.5 / 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
1
Inspections · 24 mo
31
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈15.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
46%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
53%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
85%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 9 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 2, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
6False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 23 total · 3 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20242101
20221001
20172102
20165125
20156016
20141001
20132012
20121011
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 20, 2025AZ00Yes
Jun 8, 2025AZ01Yes
Aug 15, 2024OK10No
Feb 16, 2024IL00Yes
Mar 11, 2022OK00Yes
Apr 12, 2017OH00Yes
Feb 24, 2017AZ10Yes
Dec 16, 2016TX00Yes
Oct 19, 2016MO02Yes
Oct 14, 2016IL01Yes
Oct 11, 2016CT00Yes
Jan 27, 2016PA10Yes
Nov 21, 2015IL00Yes
Jul 7, 2015CA00Yes
May 20, 2015NM02Yes
Feb 28, 2015MO00Yes
Feb 21, 2015NM00Yes
Feb 4, 2015OH00Yes
Sep 15, 2014PA00Yes
Aug 12, 2013OH00Yes
Jun 2, 2013MO02Yes
Oct 26, 2012CA02Yes
Sep 8, 2011OH00Yes