Carrier profile · USDOT 193681 · MC-351256 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Gazelle Transportation LLC

59 power unitsavg 8.3 yrLocal · 1 statesBAKERSFIELD, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-351256 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksgazelletrans.comFMCSA 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 8.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 115 vehicle and 122 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.7% · 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 3.3 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

121 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 12

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 59-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
59
Inspections · 24 mo
122
Annualized
≈61 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

8%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
32%
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.

  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance24 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 6 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther4 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 87 total · 2 in 24 mo

87
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252022
20242002
20235005
20213103
20202002
20196026
20182002
20172002
20166126
20155125
2014100210
20135005
20123022
20111010
20106026
20092002
20081001
20072002
20031001
20021001
20011001
20004004
19995005
19972002
19942022
19914010
19902000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 24, 2025CA01Yes
Jul 30, 2025CA02Yes
May 28, 2024CA00Yes
Apr 19, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 27, 2023CA00Yes
Sep 6, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 30, 2023CA00Yes
Feb 21, 2023CA00Yes
Jan 10, 2023CA00Yes
Dec 20, 2021CA00Yes
Jun 27, 2021CA10Yes
Apr 18, 2021CA00Yes
Sep 27, 2020CA00Yes
Mar 13, 2020CA00Yes
Nov 25, 2019CA00Yes
Nov 12, 2019CA01Yes
Sep 21, 2019CA00Yes
Jul 7, 2019CA01Yes
May 6, 2019CA00Yes
Mar 24, 2019CA00Yes
Mar 26, 2018CA00Yes
Feb 17, 2018CA00Yes
Dec 16, 2017CA00Yes
Jun 23, 2017CA00Yes
Oct 19, 2016CA01Yes