Carrier profile · USDOT 1239730 · MC-838202 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Fames Transport Inc

DBA FAMES TRANSPORT

23 power unitsavg 9.2 yrLocal · 1 statesSAN BERNARDINO, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-838202 ACTIVE
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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 11.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 29 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 4.0 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

29 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 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.

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 23-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
23
Inspections · 24 mo
29
Annualized
≈15 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
.23measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
3%
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 Driving5 · 1 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 36 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 31 total · 1 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241011
20211001
20193003
20182002
20173023
20168018
20152002
20145115
20132012
20121011
20111011
20072002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 18, 2024CA03Yes
Dec 16, 2021CA00Yes
May 24, 2019CA00Yes
Apr 4, 2019CA00Yes
Jan 17, 2019CA00Yes
Oct 20, 2018CA00Yes
Apr 19, 2018CA00Yes
Sep 19, 2017CA00Yes
Apr 19, 2017CA01Yes
Mar 21, 2017CA01Yes
Dec 15, 2016CA00Yes
Oct 17, 2016CA00Yes
Sep 13, 2016UT00Yes
Aug 2, 2016CA00Yes
Aug 2, 2016CA00Yes
Aug 2, 2016CA00Yes
Jun 2, 2016CA01Yes
Mar 10, 2016CA00Yes
Dec 11, 2015CA00Yes
Feb 2, 2015CA00Yes
Nov 17, 2014CA00Yes
Sep 28, 2014CA00Yes
Aug 9, 2014CA01Yes
Jul 19, 2014CA10Yes
Feb 13, 2014CO00Yes