Carrier profile · USDOT 1005862 · MC-749370 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

La Tortilleria LLC

DBA PURPLE CROW

79 power unitsavg 3.3 yrMulti-region · 10 statesWINSTON SALEM, NC94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-749370 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 8.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 49 vehicle and 165 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 10.1 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

160 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 17

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 79-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
79
Inspections · 24 mo
165
Annualized
≈83 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
5%
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 Driving52 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 383.95 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 4, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 26 total · 6 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20256045
20243013
20234014
20225015
20212011
20191001
20181001
20161001
20141001
20131011
20111011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 3, 2025VA01Yes
Jul 29, 2025NC00Yes
Jun 25, 2025NC01No
Apr 25, 2025NC02Yes
Mar 17, 2025MD00Yes
Feb 12, 2025NC02Yes
Jul 22, 2024NC00Yes
May 29, 2024NC01Yes
May 8, 2024NC00Yes
Oct 25, 2023SC00Yes
Mar 17, 2023GA00Yes
Mar 3, 2023SC01Yes
Jan 13, 2023MD00Yes
Jul 27, 2022SC02Yes
May 23, 2022NC00Yes
Jan 14, 2022SC00Yes
Jan 3, 2022NC00Yes
Jan 3, 2022NC00Yes
Nov 5, 2021NC01No
Apr 30, 2021NC00Yes
Feb 4, 2019NC00Yes
Jun 11, 2018NC00Yes
Mar 22, 2016NC00Yes
Apr 4, 2014NC00Yes
Jun 7, 2013SC01Yes