Carrier profile · USDOT 1538420 · MC-573968 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

F & a Carriers Inc

48 power unitsavg 10.7 yrNational · 16 statesLAREDO, TX81/100
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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 23.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 100 vehicle and 143 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.0% · 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 3.4 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

139 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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 48-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
48
Inspections · 24 mo
143
Annualized
≈72 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
80%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance42 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance42 · 7 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving34 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance29 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 14 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance18 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

33ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 27 total · 1 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20242012
20234014
20212012
20202002
20193023
20181011
20171001
20164144
20152012
20141001
20132012
20122012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 12, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 12, 2024IN00Yes
Jun 7, 2024TX01Yes
Nov 30, 2023OK00Yes
Nov 24, 2023AR00Yes
Mar 4, 2023TX00Yes
Jan 23, 2023KY01Yes
Dec 20, 2021TX00Yes
Mar 31, 2021IN01Yes
Sep 23, 2020AR00Yes
Feb 17, 2020GA00Yes
Nov 24, 2019IN01Yes
May 22, 2019AR00Yes
Jan 20, 2019IL02Yes
Feb 21, 2018TX01Yes
Apr 11, 2017TX00Yes
Nov 27, 2016AR03Yes
Aug 11, 2016TX12Yes
Jul 30, 2016LA02Yes
May 26, 2016AL01Yes
Apr 25, 2015TX00Yes
Mar 2, 2015TX01Yes
Apr 28, 2014TX00Yes
Dec 10, 2013TN01Yes
Dec 6, 2013TX00Yes