Carrier profile · USDOT 2788006 · MC-929504 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ZENITH FREIGHT INC

12 power unitsavg 13.8 yrNational · 17 statesHUNTINGTON BEACH, CA68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-929504 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 36.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 19.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 50 vehicle and 62 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

43.8% · 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 16.6 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

64 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 7

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
≈2.9 / 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
12
Inspections · 24 mo
69
Annualized
≈35 / yr
Coverage
≈2.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

26%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
85%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
17%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
86%
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.

  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance20 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 11 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 9 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 8 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

19 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
5False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 2 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20251001
20232012
20183023
20173013
20163003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 23, 2026TX01No
Apr 12, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 12, 2023MS01Yes
Mar 17, 2023TX00Yes
Aug 17, 2018CA01Yes
Jul 23, 2018PA01Yes
Mar 8, 2018IN00Yes
Dec 18, 2017FL00Yes
Sep 19, 2017TX00Yes
Aug 6, 2017TX01Yes
Dec 17, 2016NM00Yes
Oct 30, 2016TX00Yes
Apr 4, 2016CT00Yes