Carrier profile · USDOT 2718483 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

FBD VANGUARD CONSTRUCTION INC

29 power unitsavg 8.9 yrLocal · 2 statesLIVERMORE, CA81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksvc-inc.netFMCSA 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 31.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 69 vehicle and 77 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.6% · 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 12.8 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

73 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 7

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 29-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
29
Inspections · 24 mo
77
Annualized
≈39 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
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 Driving89 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 5 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 12, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 25 total · 9 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20255035
20246016
20232002
20221011
20211001
20201011
20192112
20183113
20172012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 7, 2026CA00Yes
Feb 26, 2026CA00Yes
Oct 3, 2025CA01Yes
Sep 11, 2025CA00Yes
Jun 10, 2025CA01Yes
Jun 5, 2025CA01Yes
Jan 10, 2025CA00Yes
Sep 22, 2024CA00Yes
Aug 8, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 15, 2024CA01Yes
May 10, 2024CA00Yes
Mar 21, 2024CA00Yes
Feb 12, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 30, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 29, 2023CA00Yes
Jan 20, 2022CA01Yes
May 12, 2021CA00Yes
Oct 15, 2020CA01Yes
Dec 3, 2019CA01Yes
Sep 4, 2019CA10Yes
Aug 21, 2018CA00Yes
Aug 8, 2018CA11Yes
Jun 18, 2018CA00Yes
Jul 14, 2017CA00Yes
Mar 7, 2017CA01Yes