Carrier profile · USDOT 136490 · MC-118341 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Valley Trucking Co Inc

82 power unitsavg 7.9 yrNational · 24 statesBROWNSVILLE, TX88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-118341 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 10.8%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 — 286 vehicle and 427 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.5% · 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

411 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 25

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

≈2.6 / 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: 82
Inspections · 24 mo: 427
Annualized: ≈214 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

50%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

.01measure

SMS · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

26%

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 Driving69 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance52 · 10 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance44 · 10 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance21 · 8 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 11 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

67 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

40ELD device issues

6No log / no ELD

2False logs

16Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 224 total · 4 in 24 mo

224

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	3	1	1	3
2025	1	0	1	1
2024	3	0	3	3
2023	1	0	0	1
2022	1	0	0	1
2020	3	0	2	3
2018	4	0	2	3
2017	5	0	0	5
2016	8	1	3	8
2015	4	0	0	4
2014	6	0	3	6
2013	4	1	3	3
2012	5	0	1	5
2011	4	0	0	4
2010	1	0	0	1
2008	10	0	4	10
2007	4	0	2	4
2006	9	2	0	9
2005	9	1	6	9
2004	12	0	5	12
2003	6	0	3	5
2002	14	0	5	14
2001	8	0	3	8
2000	9	0	3	9
1999	14	1	7	14
1998	10	1	4	10
1997	15	2	8	12
1996	7	0	5	6
1995	10	0	4	10
1994	10	1	8	10
1993	8	0	1	8
1992	12	0	4	10
1991	2	0	0	1
1989	2	0	2	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Feb 19, 2026	NM	0	1	Yes
Feb 9, 2026	TX	0	0	Yes
Jan 6, 2026	TX	1	0	Yes
Sep 5, 2025	TX	0	1	Yes
May 8, 2024	TX	0	1	Yes
May 5, 2024	TX	0	2	Yes
Apr 24, 2024	UT	0	1	Yes
Feb 22, 2023	UT	0	0	Yes
Jan 5, 2022	IN	0	0	Yes
Nov 9, 2020	TX	0	1	Yes
Nov 5, 2020	LA	0	1	Yes
Aug 14, 2020	TX	0	0	Yes
Nov 8, 2018	UT	0	0	Yes
Oct 7, 2018	TX	0	1	No
May 24, 2018	TN	0	1	Yes
Apr 28, 2018	TX	0	0	Yes
Oct 19, 2017	TX	0	0	Yes
May 24, 2017	TX	0	0	Yes
Mar 21, 2017	UT	0	0	Yes
Mar 7, 2017	TX	0	0	Yes
Feb 4, 2017	TX	0	0	Yes
Nov 28, 2016	UT	0	0	Yes
Sep 22, 2016	UT	0	0	Yes
Aug 16, 2016	TX	0	3	Yes
Jul 22, 2016	ID	0	1	Yes