Carrier profile · USDOT 212605 · MC-685638 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

The Vons Companies Inc

319 power unitsavg 7 yrLocal · 1 statesBREA, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-685638 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 7.3%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 — 314 vehicle and 401 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

2.1% · 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

402 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 36

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 319-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
319
Inspections · 24 mo
411
Annualized
≈206 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

7%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
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 Driving49 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance44 · 17 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 10 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 354 total · 16 in 24 mo

354
Total crashes
16
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
104
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
2025110310
2024141614
2023150215
2022170517
2021160416
2020160516
20198138
2018111211
2017190318
20169039
2015110311
2014151415
2013100110
2012110311
2011100310
201010039
2009110410
2008171717
2007180418
2006100110
20052511024
2004171716
20037136
20022002
20017007
20003003
19961001
19945025
199211066
199114053
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 7, 2026CA01Yes
Jun 25, 2026CA01Yes
Apr 1, 2026CA00Yes
Dec 21, 2025CA00Yes
Nov 5, 2025CA01No
Sep 16, 2025CA00Yes
Sep 9, 2025CA00Yes
Jun 23, 2025CA00Yes
Jun 12, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 28, 2025CA02Yes
Apr 19, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 9, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 11, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 6, 2025CA01Yes
Nov 25, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 4, 2024CA00Yes
Aug 5, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 17, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 8, 2024CA00Yes
May 27, 2024CA10Yes
Apr 13, 2024CA01Yes
Mar 31, 2024CA02Yes
Mar 18, 2024CA02Yes
Mar 10, 2024CA00Yes
Mar 2, 2024CA01Yes