Carrier profile · USDOT 1958059 · MC-788982 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Francisco J Contreras

DBA F CONTRERAS AND SONS TRANSPORT

22 power unitsavg 11 yrLocal · 2 statesENNIS, TX87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-788982 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 26.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 50 vehicle and 55 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 5.7 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

53 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 5

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 22-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
55
Annualized
≈28 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
14%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
91%
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 Maintenance36 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 7 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 17, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 20 total · 2 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20221010
20203003
20192012
20182002
20174024
20161010
20153022
20131001
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 31, 2026TX00Yes
Jul 11, 2025TX00Yes
May 11, 2022TX01No
May 8, 2020TX00Yes
Mar 19, 2020TX00Yes
Jan 6, 2020TX00Yes
Aug 23, 2019TX01Yes
May 15, 2019TX00Yes
Sep 21, 2018OK00Yes
Apr 7, 2018TX00Yes
Jun 21, 2017TX00Yes
May 10, 2017TX00Yes
Apr 28, 2017TX01Yes
Mar 24, 2017TX02Yes
May 10, 2016TX02No
Aug 6, 2015TX00Yes
Jul 27, 2015TX01Yes
May 21, 2015TX01No
Apr 27, 2013TX00Yes
Jul 20, 2010TX00Yes