Carrier profile · USDOT 2491185 · MC-862762 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Sunlight Carrier Inc

12 power unitsavg 7.4 yrRegional · 5 statesFRESNO, CA68/100
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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 51.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 25.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 37 vehicle and 43 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

75.0% · 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 5.6 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

43 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.9 / 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
12
Inspections · 24 mo
45
Annualized
≈23 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

95%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
83%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
73%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
81%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 11 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

28ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
3False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 1 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20221001
20211011
20201011
20192002
20182002
20171001
20162002
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 4, 2025CA01Yes
Nov 25, 2022AZ00Yes
Mar 16, 2021CA01Yes
Feb 18, 2020MN01Yes
Dec 10, 2019TX00Yes
Nov 18, 2019TX00Yes
Jul 31, 2018TX00Yes
Mar 29, 2018CA00Yes
Nov 3, 2017CO00Yes
Aug 2, 2016LA00Yes
Jul 18, 2016TX00Yes
Jun 3, 2015TX00Yes