Carrier profile · USDOT 1586246 · MC-587253 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Desert Runner Transportation Inc

15 power unitsavg 7.3 yrRegional · 3 statesNOGALES, AZ94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-587253 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 20.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 18 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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

17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 15-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
15
Inspections · 24 mo
18
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

40%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
44%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
74%
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 Driving22 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 3 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
5False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 0 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231101
20221001
20212002
20202101
20191011
20162012
20131001
20091011
20071011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 20, 2023CA10Yes
May 20, 2022CA00Yes
Mar 28, 2021AZ00Yes
Feb 2, 2021CA00Yes
Apr 9, 2020CA00Yes
Mar 29, 2020CA10No
Dec 31, 2019CA01Yes
Mar 7, 2016CA00Yes
Jan 16, 2016CA01Yes
May 23, 2013CA00Yes
Mar 10, 2009CA01Yes
Jun 28, 2007CA01Yes