Carrier profile · USDOT 1616534 · MC-597490 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Hills Valley Transportation Inc

27 power unitsavg 10.6 yrLocal · 1 statesORANGE COVE, CA73/100
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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 9.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 33 vehicle and 41 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.1% · 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 36.7 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

43 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 6

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 27-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
27
Inspections · 24 mo
44
Annualized
≈22 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

40%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
57%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.71 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 25 total · 1 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20221001
20215015
20204023
20192011
20182002
20172022
20162002
20151101
20122022
20102002
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 18, 2025CA02Yes
Feb 25, 2022CA00Yes
Oct 22, 2021CA00Yes
Jul 27, 2021CA01Yes
Jun 4, 2021CA00Yes
Mar 5, 2021CA00Yes
Jan 20, 2021CA00Yes
Oct 15, 2020CA01Yes
Aug 27, 2020CA00Yes
Jun 17, 2020CA00Yes
Apr 16, 2020CA01No
Feb 12, 2019CA00Yes
Jan 30, 2019CA01No
May 30, 2018CA00Yes
Mar 12, 2018CA00Yes
Sep 19, 2017CA01Yes
Sep 7, 2017CA01Yes
Oct 21, 2016CA00Yes
Apr 11, 2016CA00Yes
Jan 20, 2015CA10Yes
May 10, 2012CA02Yes
May 10, 2012CA02Yes
Apr 11, 2010CA00Yes
Feb 6, 2010CA00Yes
May 12, 2009CA00Yes