Carrier profile · USDOT 1021693 · MC-428691 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

MDB Transportation Inc

48 power unitsavg 5.8 yrLocal · 2 statesCOMPTON, CA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-428691 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 9.8%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 — 61 vehicle and 66 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 3.0 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

75 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 12

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 48-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
48
Inspections · 24 mo
78
Annualized
≈39 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

65%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
46%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
14%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
16%
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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.20 Hours of service / ELDHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
6Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 17 total · 3 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20241001
20231011
20221001
20202012
20181001
20172012
20161001
20151001
20131001
20122002
20112012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 21, 2025CA01Yes
Mar 6, 2025CA00Yes
Aug 12, 2024CA00Yes
Jun 10, 2023CA01Yes
Aug 30, 2022CA00Yes
Nov 19, 2020CA01Yes
Jan 13, 2020CA00Yes
Aug 9, 2018CA00Yes
Oct 5, 2017CA03Yes
Aug 3, 2017CA00Yes
Jan 17, 2016CA00Yes
Nov 24, 2015CA00Yes
Jun 3, 2013CA00Yes
Sep 10, 2012CA00Yes
Feb 15, 2012CA00Yes
Aug 29, 2011CA01Yes
Jul 18, 2011CA00Yes