Carrier profile · USDOT 1741743 · MC-637857 · Updated Jun 19, 2026

Zaro Transportation LLC

180 power unitsavg 4.7 yrNational · 21 statesLAREDO, TX82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-637857 ACTIVE
Verified linkszarotransportation.comFMCSA 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 12.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 483 vehicle and 625 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.4% · 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

610 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 48

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
≈1.7 / 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
180
Inspections · 24 mo
625
Annualized
≈313 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

70%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
90%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving115 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance97 · 22 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance94 · 11 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance59 · 17 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness53 · 32 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance48 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance35 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance30 · 10 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving29 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

82 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

48ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
19False logs
5Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 42 total · 13 in 24 mo

42
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
2025111311
20247027
202310049
20222012
20211001
20171001
20141011
20132002
20123013
20111001
20101001
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 24, 2026AR00Yes
Oct 13, 2025AL00Yes
Oct 12, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 4, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 24, 2025KY10Yes
Aug 7, 2025KY00Yes
Jun 22, 2025CA01Yes
Jun 1, 2025IN02Yes
Apr 10, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 22, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 21, 2025AL00Yes
Jan 21, 2025AL01Yes
Dec 7, 2024TX02Yes
Jul 29, 2024KS01Yes
May 19, 2024TN00Yes
May 14, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 22, 2024LA00Yes
Apr 12, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 3, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 29, 2023TX00Yes
Dec 24, 2023LA00Yes
Dec 20, 2023TX00Yes
Oct 24, 2023TX02No
Oct 3, 2023TX01Yes
Jul 4, 2023TX00Yes