Carrier profile · USDOT 1434409 · MC-541965 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Santoyo Transport Sa LLC

DBA SANTOYO TRANSPORT

115 power unitsavg 7.5 yrRegional · 5 statesCALEXICO, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-541965 ACTIVE
Verified linkssantoyotransport.comFMCSA SAFER

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 16.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 721 vehicle and 950 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.5% · 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 5.0 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

935 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 63

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
≈4.2 / 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
115
Inspections · 24 mo
959
Annualized
≈480 / yr
Coverage
≈4.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
44%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
73%
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.

  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance183 · 15 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving171 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance149 · 61 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance103 · 23 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance98 · 12 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance84 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance79 · 26 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance54 · 31 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance50 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance46 · 28 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

76 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

51ELD device issues
18No log / no ELD
0False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 92% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 39 total · 3 in 24 mo

39
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253022
20241011
20236026
20222002
20215015
20202002
20192011
20181001
20172012
20162022
20152012
20144114
20131001
20123133
20112002
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 10, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 28, 2025NV02No
Feb 24, 2025CA01Yes
Apr 25, 2024CA01Yes
Dec 1, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 2, 2023NV01Yes
Aug 9, 2023CA00Yes
Aug 3, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 25, 2023CA00Yes
Jan 2, 2023CA01Yes
Jul 11, 2022CA00Yes
May 22, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 10, 2021CA00Yes
Nov 5, 2021CA00Yes
Oct 30, 2021CA02Yes
Mar 10, 2021NV00Yes
Feb 21, 2021CA00Yes
Sep 8, 2020NV00Yes
Apr 9, 2020CA00Yes
Nov 27, 2019CA01No
Aug 16, 2019CA00Yes
Aug 10, 2018CA00Yes
Jul 31, 2017CA04Yes
Apr 6, 2017AZ00Yes
Dec 2, 2016CA01Yes