Carrier profile · USDOT 2199604 · MC-763249 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Salazar & Sons Trucking Corp

DBA AARON ADOLFO SALAZAR

14 power unitsavg 10.9 yrRegional · 5 statesDINUBA, CA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-763249 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 24.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 50 vehicle and 89 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.4% · 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 12.1 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

86 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 11

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
≈3.2 / 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
14
Inspections · 24 mo
90
Annualized
≈45 / yr
Coverage
≈3.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
67%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
55%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving97 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 7 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 12 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness10 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
12No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 10 total · 0 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
0
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20231001
20222002
20202002
20182002
20161001
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 15, 2024CA00Yes
Mar 4, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 21, 2022WA00Yes
Mar 21, 2022WA00Yes
Aug 18, 2020CA00Yes
May 11, 2020CA00Yes
Dec 6, 2018CA00Yes
Mar 15, 2018CA00Yes
Aug 7, 2016CA00Yes
Sep 10, 2015CA00Yes