Carrier profile · USDOT 421535 · MC-278865 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Paragon Industries Inc

DBA BEDROSIANS AND PARAGON TRUCKING

65 power unitsavg 10.5 yrMulti-region · 13 statesFRESNO, CA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-278865 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbedrosians.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 14.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 107 vehicle and 132 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.9% · 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

132 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 13

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 65-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
65
Inspections · 24 mo
139
Annualized
≈70 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
48%
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 Driving41 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 31 total · 2 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20241001
20221001
20211001
20193013
20181001
20171001
20162002
20151011
20143023
20131001
20122002
20081011
20071001
20061001
20053033
20031001
20021010
20002002
19991011
19981011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 20, 2026WA00Yes
Sep 9, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 12, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 18, 2022UT00Yes
Mar 9, 2021CA00Yes
Dec 19, 2019CA00Yes
Nov 19, 2019CA01Yes
May 8, 2019CA00Yes
Oct 19, 2018CA00Yes
Oct 7, 2017CA00Yes
Dec 13, 2016CA00Yes
Sep 30, 2016CO00Yes
Jun 17, 2015UT01Yes
Nov 17, 2014CA01Yes
Aug 28, 2014CA01Yes
Jul 26, 2014CA00Yes
Jun 14, 2013FL00Yes
Aug 12, 2012UT00Yes
Jun 8, 2012CA00Yes
Nov 20, 2008CA01Yes
Apr 20, 2007CA00Yes
May 25, 2006CA00Yes
Sep 14, 2005CA02Yes
Jun 17, 2005CA01Yes
Mar 2, 2005CA01Yes