Carrier profile · USDOT 1683041 · MC-618403 · Updated Jul 9, 2026

Rubio's Trucking Company Inc

35 power unitsavg 9.1 yrRegional · 5 statesSALINAS, CA69/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-618403 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksrubiostruckinginc.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 29.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 18.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 82 vehicle and 106 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

46.7% · 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 6.2 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

105 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 35-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
35
Inspections · 24 mo
106
Annualized
≈53 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
97%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
94%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
81%
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 Driving80 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 21 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance23 · 14 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 8 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

45 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
9No log / no ELD
13False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 22 total · 4 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20252002
20241101
20231001
20221011
20201001
20171001
20162002
20153103
20142002
20132002
20122012
20111001
20081001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 11, 2026CA00Yes
Feb 11, 2026CA01Yes
Oct 30, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 7, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 26, 2024CA10Yes
Aug 8, 2023CA00Yes
Nov 5, 2022CA02Yes
Feb 18, 2020CA00Yes
Feb 26, 2017CA00Yes
Jul 23, 2016CA00Yes
Jan 12, 2016CA00Yes
Dec 3, 2015CA00Yes
Sep 26, 2015CA10Yes
Sep 21, 2015CA00Yes
Nov 4, 2014CA00Yes
Feb 12, 2014CA00Yes
Oct 15, 2013CA00Yes
Jun 18, 2013CA00Yes
Nov 7, 2012CA00Yes
Oct 23, 2012CA01Yes
Nov 3, 2011CA00Yes
Aug 13, 2008CA00Yes