Carrier profile · USDOT 2810803 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

NORTHGATE GONZALEZ LLC

DBA NORTHGATE MARKETS

27 power unitsavg 13.5 yrLocal · 1 statesANAHEIM, CA94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 7.1%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 — 84 vehicle and 84 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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

94 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 20

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
1.8 / 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
27
Inspections · 24 mo
97
Annualized
49 / yr
Coverage
1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
6%
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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 149 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 16 total · 3 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253003
20231001
20222002
20211001
20202012
20191010
20182002
20172002
20162012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 21, 2025CA00Yes
Jun 15, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 4, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 8, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 1, 2022CA00Yes
Feb 26, 2022CA00Yes
Aug 3, 2021CA00Yes
Sep 2, 2020CA01Yes
Mar 10, 2020CA00Yes
Dec 9, 2019CA01No
Dec 22, 2018CA00Yes
May 30, 2018CA00Yes
Jun 25, 2017CA00Yes
Apr 2, 2017CA00Yes
Dec 27, 2016CA01Yes
Nov 8, 2016CA00Yes