Carrier profile · USDOT 677713 · MC-198757 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Santa Barbara Transportation Corp

DBA STUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF AMERICA

0 power unitsavg 8.3 yrLocal · 1 statesNORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA70/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-198757 STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 2.1%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 — 1,422 vehicle and 7 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

1.6% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

1,371 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 130

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
official FMCSA
Hours-of-Service
0violations
official FMCSA
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
1%
Vehicle Maintenance
official FMCSA

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 Driving606 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance50 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance35 · 3 OOS
  • 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance26 · 14 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 7 OOS
  • 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 2,257 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 93 total · 10 in 24 mo

93
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
39
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20256016
20244023
20234024
2022111510
20185044
2017170715
20168077
20157117
20145015
20136026
20123012
20103012
20092002
20081001
20074014
20052012
20041001
20031111
20021010
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 8, 2026CA03Yes
Oct 20, 2025CA00Yes
Sep 16, 2025CA00Yes
Sep 15, 2025CA00Yes
May 13, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 8, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 11, 2025CA01Yes
Nov 25, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 11, 2024CA01Yes
Oct 7, 2024CA00Yes
Jan 9, 2024CA01No
Dec 8, 2023CA00Yes
Aug 23, 2023CA02Yes
Jun 26, 2023CA01Yes
Mar 1, 2023CA00Yes
Nov 22, 2022CA14Yes
Sep 26, 2022CA00Yes
Sep 16, 2022CA00Yes
Sep 14, 2022CA01Yes
Aug 19, 2022CA00Yes
Jun 8, 2022CA01Yes
Apr 27, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 25, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 20, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 20, 2022CA01No