Carrier profile · USDOT 188119 · MC-234071 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Ed Rocha Livestock Transportation Inc

DBA ROCHA TRANSPORTATION

57 power unitsavg 6.9 yrLocal · 1 statesMODESTO, CA100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-234071 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksrochatrans.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 6.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 90 vehicle and 128 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.5% · 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 5.9 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

126 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 14

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 57-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
57
Inspections · 24 mo
128
Annualized
≈64 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

8%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
5%
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 Driving16 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.126 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 195 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 52 total · 0 in 24 mo

52
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
22
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241101
20234014
20222002
20212022
20203013
20192022
20181001
20172021
20162012
20151010
20132002
20121011
20111011
20101001
20092002
20082002
20072012
20062022
20052012
20042011
20031001
20021001
20001001
19982012
19971011
19944024
19931011
19923000
19911000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 9, 2024CA10Yes
Sep 29, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 20, 2023CA01Yes
Apr 17, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 30, 2023CA00Yes
Jun 27, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 26, 2022CA00Yes
Aug 24, 2021CA02Yes
May 20, 2021CA01Yes
Oct 19, 2020CA01Yes
Jun 15, 2020CA00Yes
Mar 19, 2020CA00Yes
Aug 6, 2019CA01Yes
Jan 7, 2019CA02Yes
Oct 19, 2018CA00Yes
Nov 9, 2017CA01Yes
Oct 24, 2017CA01No
Dec 10, 2016CA00Yes
Jan 29, 2016CA01Yes
Nov 16, 2015CA01No
Nov 20, 2013CA00Yes
Jan 7, 2013CA00Yes
Mar 16, 2012CA01Yes
May 13, 2011CA01Yes
Jan 29, 2010CA00Yes