Carrier profile · USDOT 238055 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

The Salvation Army a California Corporation

357 power unitsavg 11.5 yrRegional · 6 statesRANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksusw.salvationarmy.orgFMCSA 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 7.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 139 vehicle and 109 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.5% · 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

152 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 13

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 357-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
357
Inspections · 24 mo
156
Annualized
≈78 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

1%
Unsafe Driving
official FMCSA
49%
Hours-of-Service
official FMCSA
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
19%
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 Driving49 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 3 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 30, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 34 total · 1 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20232012
20222012
20211001
20201011
20193032
20185024
20171001
20152012
20143012
20133013
20123012
20114023
19971001
19961001
19941011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 12, 2025CA01Yes
Nov 21, 2023CA00Yes
Jun 28, 2023CA02Yes
Jul 8, 2022CA01Yes
Jun 10, 2022CA00Yes
Jul 23, 2021CA00Yes
Jul 9, 2020CA01Yes
Aug 23, 2019CA01No
May 16, 2019CA01Yes
Apr 2, 2019CA01Yes
Nov 21, 2018CA01Yes
Sep 24, 2018CA00Yes
Jun 5, 2018CA00Yes
Apr 18, 2018CA00Yes
Jan 19, 2018WA01No
Nov 9, 2017CA00Yes
Aug 17, 2015CA00Yes
Jan 26, 2015CA01Yes
Dec 20, 2014CA00Yes
Jul 17, 2014CA01No
Jul 7, 2014CA00Yes
Nov 20, 2013CA01Yes
Aug 6, 2013CA00Yes
May 1, 2013CA00Yes
Nov 20, 2012CA00Yes