Carrier profile · USDOT 3191276 · MC-137035 · Updated Jul 29, 2026

Sal-trans Express Inc

61 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 28 statesLAREDO, TX0/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-137035 INACTIVEOUT-OF-SERVICE ORDER
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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.

Active federal out-of-service order — do not tender

Denial of Access · ordered Jul 16, 2026

FMCSA has ordered this carrier to cease operations. Verify current status with FMCSA before any tender.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 32.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 140 vehicle and 229 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

47.1% · 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 23.2 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

223 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 26

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
≈1.9 / 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
61
Inspections · 24 mo
229
Annualized
≈115 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

80%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
94%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
92%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
85%
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 Driving226 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance62 · 21 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance52 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance46 · 33 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance41 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance39 · 9 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness37 · 10 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance35 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance34 · 18 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

161 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

69ELD device issues
27No log / no ELD
25False logs
26Drove over hours

30 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 19 total · 4 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252011
20246126
20238048
20222002
20211001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 17, 2025MO00Yes
Feb 28, 2025TX01No
Dec 12, 2024MO00Yes
Oct 16, 2024TX11Yes
Jul 5, 2024TX00Yes
Jun 13, 2024MS00Yes
Apr 18, 2024GA01Yes
Jan 26, 2024IL00Yes
Dec 23, 2023TX01Yes
Dec 22, 2023TX00Yes
Nov 10, 2023TX01Yes
Nov 9, 2023TX01Yes
Nov 8, 2023CA00Yes
Sep 17, 2023TX02Yes
Aug 20, 2023GA00Yes
Jun 7, 2023TX00Yes
Dec 23, 2022TN00Yes
Nov 27, 2022TX00Yes
Dec 10, 2021AR00Yes