Carrier profile · USDOT 1974987 · MC-747763 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Jose Romero

DBA VERNON EXPRESS

11 power unitsavg 12.5 yrRegional · 3 statesCOMMERCE, CA93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-747763 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 28 vehicle and 30 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 17.5 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

31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 11-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
11
Inspections · 24 mo
33
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
75%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
36%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
86%
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 Driving39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 6 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance11 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

29 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 2, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
5False logs
11Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 11 total · 2 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20232012
20222002
20211001
20201001
20191001
20181001
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 21, 2025CA00Yes
May 6, 2025CA00Yes
Nov 2, 2023CA01Yes
Oct 26, 2023CA00Yes
Jun 15, 2022CA00Yes
Jan 17, 2022CA00Yes
Nov 18, 2021CA00Yes
Aug 21, 2020AZ00Yes
Jun 12, 2019CA00Yes
Feb 13, 2018CA00Yes
Jan 23, 2014TX00Yes