Carrier profile · USDOT 1660077 · MC-610576 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

LUDENDORFF SANCHEZ

DBA LUDEN TRANSPORT

4 power unitsavg 8.6 yrMulti-region · 8 statesHOUSTON, TX82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-610576 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 13.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 55.3 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 2

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

≈1.9 / 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: 4
Inspections · 24 mo: 15
Annualized: ≈8 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

51%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

43%

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 Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 2 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

2ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

1False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 20 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	1	1
2023	2	0	1	2
2021	2	0	1	2
2020	2	1	1	2
2019	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	1	1
2015	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	0	1
2008	1	0	0	1
2007	2	0	0	2
2006	2	0	0	2
2005	1	0	0	1
2002	3	0	0	3

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Aug 9, 2024	TX	0	1	Yes
May 30, 2023	TX	0	1	Yes
Apr 16, 2023	TX	0	0	Yes
May 29, 2021	TX	0	0	Yes
Feb 1, 2021	WA	0	1	Yes
Aug 13, 2020	TX	0	1	Yes
Feb 10, 2020	TX	1	0	Yes
Jul 7, 2019	AL	0	0	Yes
Jul 12, 2016	TX	0	3	Yes
Dec 13, 2015	TX	0	0	Yes
Nov 10, 2014	TX	0	0	Yes
Apr 14, 2008	TX	0	0	Yes
Dec 1, 2007	TX	0	0	Yes
Apr 11, 2007	TX	0	0	Yes
Oct 25, 2006	TX	0	0	Yes
Jan 2, 2006	AL	0	0	Yes
Nov 14, 2005	AZ	0	0	Yes
Nov 5, 2002	TX	0	0	Yes
Nov 5, 2002	TX	0	0	Yes
Sep 7, 2002	TX	0	0	Yes