Carrier profile · USDOT 1274552 · MC-496960 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Pacific 9 Transportation Inc

68 power unitsavg 10.4 yrLocal · 1 statesGARDENA, CA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-496960 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkspac9.comFMCSA SAFER

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 27.9%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 — 43 vehicle and 24 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.6% · 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 7.5 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

47 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 15

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 68-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
68
Inspections · 24 mo
49
Annualized
≈25 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

22%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 71 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 59 total · 3 in 24 mo

59
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20243013
20233013
20221001
20212002
20201001
20193013
20162022
20154024
20146125
2013100510
20123003
20117027
20104004
20097037
20081101
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 16, 2026CA01Yes
Oct 16, 2024CA00Yes
Aug 30, 2024CA00Yes
Apr 27, 2024CA01Yes
Dec 30, 2023CA01Yes
Oct 25, 2023CA00Yes
May 30, 2023CA00Yes
May 16, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 6, 2021CA00Yes
Apr 6, 2021CA00Yes
Jul 16, 2020CA00Yes
Dec 18, 2019CA00Yes
Nov 25, 2019CA00Yes
Mar 11, 2019CA03Yes
Oct 8, 2016CA01Yes
Jul 21, 2016CA02Yes
Sep 5, 2015CA01Yes
Jul 18, 2015CA00Yes
Apr 8, 2015CA01Yes
Jan 9, 2015CA00Yes
Nov 22, 2014CA01Yes
Sep 24, 2014CA00Yes
Jun 18, 2014CA00Yes
Mar 26, 2014CA10No
Mar 3, 2014CA01Yes