Carrier profile · USDOT 1090514 · MC-451505 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Gonzalez Trucking LLC

9 power unitsavg 11.4 yrRegional · 3 statesHOUSTON, TX62/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-451505 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 40.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 13.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 35 vehicle and 37 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

63.6% · 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 3.6 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

37 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 4

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
9
Inspections · 24 mo
38
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈2.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

20%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
57%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
72%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
33%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
96%
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 Maintenance67 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance24 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 10 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 10 total · 1 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241011
20232002
20221010
20201001
20172102
20161011
20141001
20061011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 30, 2024TX04Yes
Jun 27, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 8, 2023TX00Yes
Nov 15, 2022LA03No
Dec 31, 2020TX00Yes
Nov 15, 2017TX00Yes
Nov 10, 2017TX10Yes
Feb 1, 2016TX02Yes
Jul 14, 2014TX00Yes
Jun 30, 2006TX01Yes