Carrier profile · USDOT 1971447 · MC-834212 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

MICHAEL AVALOS

DBA ARA TRANSPORTATION

43 power unitsavg 10.8 yrRegional · 5 statesSAN MARCOS, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-834212 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 11.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 63 vehicle and 69 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 5.6 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

66 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 5

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 43-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
43
Inspections · 24 mo
69
Annualized
≈35 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

11%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
39%
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 Driving37 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 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.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 30 total · 2 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20232012
20211001
20201011
20193023
20185034
20176036
20163113
20151001
20142002
20132021
20121001
20101011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 16, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 7, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 16, 2023TX02Yes
Feb 10, 2023TX00Yes
Apr 22, 2021TX00Yes
Apr 15, 2020TX02Yes
Oct 6, 2019TX00Yes
Aug 29, 2019TX03Yes
Jan 15, 2019TX01Yes
Aug 31, 2018TX00Yes
Aug 7, 2018OK01Yes
Apr 27, 2018OK01Yes
Feb 19, 2018OK00Yes
Jan 28, 2018TX01No
Nov 7, 2017OK00Yes
Oct 4, 2017OK00Yes
Sep 20, 2017TX02Yes
Jun 21, 2017TX00Yes
Mar 30, 2017TX02Yes
Jan 14, 2017TX01Yes
Nov 28, 2016TX11Yes
Nov 18, 2016TX00Yes
Apr 18, 2016TX00Yes
Aug 20, 2015TX00Yes
Sep 12, 2014TX00Yes