Carrier profile · USDOT 811328 · MC-769041 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Viramontes Express Inc

38 power unitsavg 8.3 yrRegional · 4 statesCORONA, CA83/100
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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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 36 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

57.1% · 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 2.4 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

36 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 4

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 38-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
38
Inspections · 24 mo
37
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
15%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.28measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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 Driving38 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 35 total · 2 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20241001
20224014
20215014
20201001
20191011
20183023
20162012
20141001
20133003
20121011
20111011
20101011
20071011
20054014
20041001
20032012
20011001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 26, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 15, 2025CA01Yes
Jun 18, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 3, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 21, 2022CA00Yes
Feb 3, 2022CA00Yes
Jan 6, 2022CA01Yes
Oct 1, 2021CA00Yes
May 7, 2021CA00Yes
Apr 5, 2021CA00Yes
Mar 22, 2021CA00Yes
Mar 17, 2021CA01No
Dec 7, 2020CA00Yes
May 28, 2019CA02Yes
Dec 15, 2018CA00Yes
May 8, 2018CA01Yes
Jan 15, 2018CA01Yes
Dec 14, 2016CA01Yes
Sep 30, 2016CA00Yes
Aug 4, 2014UT00Yes
Oct 9, 2013CA00Yes
Jun 26, 2013CA00Yes
May 24, 2013CA00Yes
May 2, 2012CA01Yes
Dec 26, 2011CA01Yes