Carrier profile · USDOT 1076437 · MC-987312 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Garcia Brothers Trucking LLC

51 power unitsavg 9.8 yrLocal · 1 statesPLANADA, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-987312 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 16.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 89 vehicle and 106 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.7% · 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 9.0 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

108 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 9

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 51-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
51
Inspections · 24 mo
108
Annualized
≈54 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
80%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
44%
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 Driving49 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 34 total · 3 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20242022
20233013
20225115
20212102
20201011
20191001
20183013
20173003
20161001
20131011
20121011
20111001
20081101
20071001
20062002
20043023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 16, 2026CA00Yes
Jun 10, 2025CA01Yes
Feb 3, 2025CA00Yes
Aug 17, 2024CA01Yes
Jul 24, 2024CA03Yes
Sep 20, 2023CA00Yes
Feb 24, 2023CA01Yes
Feb 8, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 4, 2022CA00Yes
Sep 7, 2022CA01Yes
Sep 2, 2022CA00Yes
Jul 22, 2022CA00Yes
Jan 26, 2022CA10Yes
Sep 8, 2021CA10Yes
Jun 11, 2021CA00Yes
Nov 7, 2020CA01Yes
Sep 10, 2019CA00Yes
Sep 15, 2018CA00Yes
Aug 16, 2018CA01Yes
Feb 23, 2018CA00Yes
Oct 13, 2017CA00Yes
Sep 28, 2017CA00Yes
Sep 14, 2017CA00Yes
Aug 30, 2016CA00Yes
Sep 27, 2013CA02Yes