Carrier profile · USDOT 973324 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Gonzalez and Sons Equipment Inc

46 power unitsavg 9.4 yrLocal · 1 statesHIALEAH, FL100/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linksgonzalezandsons.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 7.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 39.0 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

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 3

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 46-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
46
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
41%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
18%
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 Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.19 Unified registration / MCS-150Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.7 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.8 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 26 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 12 total · 0 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231001
20222011
20191001
20171010
20161001
20132012
20122022
20101010
20021011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 4, 2023FL00Yes
Oct 19, 2022FL00Yes
Jun 13, 2022FL01No
Jan 28, 2019FL00Yes
Aug 8, 2017FL01No
May 12, 2016FL00Yes
Jun 5, 2013FL00Yes
Apr 19, 2013FL01Yes
Jul 10, 2012FL01Yes
Jun 15, 2012FL01Yes
Oct 25, 2010FL01No
Feb 1, 2002FL01Yes