Carrier profile · USDOT 2194435 · MC-761581 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Santa Barbara Freight Corp

DBA SBF

59 power unitsavg 8.8 yrNational · 16 statesCARROLLTON, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-761581 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 2.5%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 — 120 vehicle and 152 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

2.9% · 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 1.6 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

147 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 10

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 59-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
59
Inspections · 24 mo
152
Annualized
≈76 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

35%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
10%
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 Driving23 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 23 total · 1 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20223113
20213023
20202012
20192022
20185005
20172012
20164024
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 3, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 22, 2022OK00Yes
Apr 9, 2022TN12Yes
Jan 6, 2022TN00Yes
Oct 23, 2021CA03Yes
Sep 14, 2021TX00Yes
Mar 22, 2021TX01Yes
May 7, 2020OR01Yes
Jan 31, 2020CA00Yes
Jun 4, 2019MS02Yes
Apr 24, 2019VA01Yes
Jun 25, 2018FL00Yes
May 20, 2018CA00Yes
Feb 27, 2018CA00Yes
Jan 31, 2018AZ00Yes
Jan 20, 2018CA00Yes
Nov 20, 2017OK00Yes
Aug 26, 2017PA01Yes
Dec 4, 2016NM01Yes
Sep 16, 2016NM00Yes
May 26, 2016OK01Yes
Feb 6, 2016CA00Yes
Dec 2, 2012TX00Yes