Carrier profile · USDOT 172279 · MC-147640 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MOUNTAIN VALLEY EXPRESS LLC

277 power unitsavg 5.6 yrRegional · 6 statesMANTECA, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-147640 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 11.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 338 vehicle and 347 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

386 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 47

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 277-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
277
Inspections · 24 mo
397
Annualized
≈199 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
32%
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 Driving127 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance57 · 17 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance42 · 24 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance42 · 12 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance31 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance22 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 172 total · 14 in 24 mo

172
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
46
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20254004
202410049
2023130113
20228037
2021162315
20206046
20195005
20189009
2017100310
20165015
20156016
20148038
20134004
20124013
20113022
20105015
20092022
2008110111
20076136
20065015
20053003
20045025
20035135
20025135
20013003
20003113
19991001
19981001
19962012
19911000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 29, 2026CA01Yes
May 6, 2026AZ00Yes
Jan 10, 2026AZ02Yes
Oct 13, 2025CA00Yes
Aug 16, 2025CA00Yes
Aug 7, 2025AZ00Yes
Apr 11, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 16, 2024CA00Yes
Dec 11, 2024CA01No
Nov 8, 2024AZ00Yes
Oct 29, 2024CA01Yes
Oct 8, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 17, 2024CA01Yes
Sep 6, 2024NV01Yes
Jul 11, 2024CA00Yes
May 16, 2024CA00Yes
Feb 29, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 26, 2023AZ00Yes
Oct 9, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 20, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 20, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 19, 2023CA00Yes
May 12, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 26, 2023UT00Yes
Apr 13, 2023CA00Yes