Carrier profile · USDOT 2931180 · MC-989782 · Updated Aug 9, 2026

Eta Trans Inc

39 power unitsavg 3.3 yrNational · 20 statesANAHEIM, CA63/100
BROKER AUTHORITY ACTIVEMC-989782 BROKER ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksetatransinc.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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 56 vehicle and 93 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 15.3 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

108 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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 39-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
39
Inspections · 24 mo
111
Annualized
≈56 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
74%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 12 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 3 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

31 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
8False logs
8Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 16 total · 4 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20242021
20223003
20214024
20203003
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 17, 2026OR00Yes
Mar 9, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 15, 2025FL00Yes
Oct 23, 2024CA01Yes
Mar 2, 2024AL02No
Dec 10, 2022CA00Yes
Oct 19, 2022OR00Yes
Jun 1, 2022TN00Yes
Sep 10, 2021CA01Yes
Jun 28, 2021CA00Yes
Jan 25, 2021CA00Yes
Jan 18, 2021TN01Yes
Aug 18, 2020TN00Yes
Jul 7, 2020TN00Yes
Feb 16, 2020VA00Yes
Jul 7, 2019OK00Yes