Carrier profile · USDOT 783494 · MC-573101 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Mountain Valley Petroleum Inc

25 power unitsavg 6 yrRegional · 3 statesWEST SACRAMENTO, CA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-573101 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 5.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 161 vehicle and 164 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.7% · 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 3.3 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

165 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 16

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
≈3.3 / 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
25
Inspections · 24 mo
166
Annualized
≈83 / yr
Coverage
≈3.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

36%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
15%
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 Driving50 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 19 total · 4 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20243013
20231010
20222002
20212012
20201001
20191001
20172002
20112012
20102002
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 20, 2025NV00Yes
Jan 17, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 24, 2024CA00Yes
Dec 17, 2024CA00Yes
Jan 9, 2024CA01Yes
Jul 3, 2023CA01No
Nov 28, 2022CA00Yes
May 8, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 26, 2021CA00Yes
Dec 21, 2021CA01Yes
Dec 31, 2020CA00Yes
May 30, 2019CA00Yes
Nov 12, 2017CA00Yes
Mar 21, 2017CA00Yes
Mar 19, 2011CA00Yes
Feb 16, 2011NV01Yes
Nov 19, 2010CA00Yes
May 26, 2010CA00Yes
Oct 2, 2009CA00Yes