Carrier profile · USDOT 1262878 · MC-494153 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Nor Cal Trucking Inc

18 power unitsavg 7.8 yrRegional · 4 statesLIVE OAK, CA100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-494153 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 21.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 42 vehicle and 66 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 17.4 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

70 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 7

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
2.0 / 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
18
Inspections · 24 mo
72
Annualized
36 / yr
Coverage
2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
58%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
15%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
5%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
44%
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 Driving32 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 8 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 12 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

30ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
3False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 53% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 23 total · 3 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
0
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20242002
20232002
20211001
20191001
20182002
20171001
20161001
20153003
20141001
20132002
20081001
20063003
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 22, 2025WA00Yes
Jan 15, 2025OR00Yes
Oct 9, 2024OR00Yes
Jan 2, 2024CA00Yes
Apr 24, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 11, 2023WA00Yes
Jul 20, 2021CA00Yes
Jan 10, 2019WA00Yes
Sep 28, 2018CA00Yes
Jul 12, 2018WA00Yes
Feb 17, 2017OR00Yes
May 10, 2016CA00Yes
Jul 19, 2015AZ00Yes
Mar 1, 2015CA00Yes
Feb 8, 2015CA00Yes
May 15, 2014OR00Yes
Mar 3, 2013OR00Yes
Jan 3, 2013CA00Yes
Feb 13, 2008WA00Yes
Nov 14, 2006OR00Yes
Apr 7, 2006CA00Yes
Mar 12, 2006OR00Yes
Aug 22, 2005OR00Yes