Carrier profile · USDOT 1164738 · MC-468451 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

M Rios Trucking Inc

26 power unitsavg 11.1 yrMulti-region · 13 statesSAN DIEGO, CA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-468451 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 20.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 200 vehicle and 266 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.1% · 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 18.1 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

263 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 20

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
≈5.1 / 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
26
Inspections · 24 mo
267
Annualized
≈134 / yr
Coverage
≈5.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

31%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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 Driving108 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance59 · 13 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance48 · 14 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance42 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance31 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance23 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 12 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance15 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

51 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
8False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 10 total · 2 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20241001
20231010
20211011
20131011
20091010
20072012
20061001
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 13, 2026TX01Yes
Nov 20, 2024AZ00Yes
Sep 21, 2023CA01No
Jul 22, 2021CA01Yes
Aug 23, 2013CA01Yes
Aug 20, 2009CA01No
Dec 18, 2007CA00Yes
Nov 30, 2007CA02Yes
May 25, 2006CA00Yes
Jan 23, 2004CA00Yes