Carrier profile · USDOT 1377267 · MC-525640 · Updated Jul 26, 2026

PEGASO PACKING INC

67 power unitsavg 11.4 yrRegional · 7 statesSAN DIEGO, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-525640 ACTIVE
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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 18.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 296 vehicle and 376 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.8% · 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 4.8 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

368 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 29

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
≈2.8 / 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
67
Inspections · 24 mo
378
Annualized
≈189 / yr
Coverage
≈2.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
93%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
86%
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.

  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance149 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance121 · 14 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance117 · 17 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance77 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving76 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance74 · 23 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance67 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance66 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance50 · 24 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance49 · 6 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

72 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

38ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
8False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 66% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 18 total · 5 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20252012
20243013
20233013
20221001
20211011
20181001
20173003
20161001
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 27, 2026AZ00Yes
Jan 9, 2026CA00Yes
Dec 23, 2025CA00Yes
Nov 13, 2025CA01Yes
Aug 24, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 19, 2024AZ01Yes
May 25, 2024CA00Yes
Nov 21, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 27, 2023AZ00Yes
May 11, 2023CA01Yes
Oct 7, 2022CA00Yes
Mar 13, 2021CA02Yes
Aug 24, 2018AZ00Yes
Jul 21, 2017CA00Yes
Jan 31, 2017CA00Yes
Jan 20, 2017CA00Yes
Jul 8, 2016CA00Yes
Aug 27, 2014CA00Yes