Carrier profile · USDOT 1973731 · MC-764244 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Saldanas Trucking Co Inc

DBA STCI

17 power unitsavg 10.5 yrLocal · 1 statesGRAND PRAIRIE, TX56/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-764244 INACTIVE
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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 41.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 48 vehicle and 49 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

53.8% · 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 4.6 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

48 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 5

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 17-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
17
Inspections · 24 mo
49
Annualized
≈25 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

9%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
95%
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 Driving66 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance43 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance34 · 12 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance28 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 11 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 72 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 25 total · 4 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254023
20242012
20221001
20211001
20172112
20161001
20153013
20141011
20131001
20125025
20113013
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 3, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 29, 2025TX01Yes
Apr 21, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 18, 2025TX01No
Jun 4, 2024TX00Yes
May 31, 2024TX01Yes
Jul 12, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 15, 2021TX00Yes
Dec 14, 2017TX03Yes
Sep 15, 2017TX10Yes
Jun 8, 2016TX00Yes
Sep 28, 2015TX00Yes
Aug 10, 2015TX01Yes
Jul 21, 2015TX00Yes
Apr 15, 2014TX01Yes
Apr 12, 2013TX00Yes
Sep 8, 2012TX00Yes
Jun 26, 2012TX02Yes
May 25, 2012TX01Yes
Apr 26, 2012TX00Yes
Apr 2, 2012TX00Yes
Oct 24, 2011TX01Yes
Jun 3, 2011TX00Yes
Apr 1, 2011TX00Yes
Jul 29, 2010TX00Yes