Carrier profile · USDOT 1302490 · MC-505346 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

ZEPEXCO INC

DBA ZEPHYR EXPRESS

39 power unitsavg 5.9 yrLocal · 2 statesBENICIA, CA100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-505346 ACTIVE
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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 5.5%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 — 73 vehicle and 87 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 3.7 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

83 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 9

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 39-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
39
Inspections · 24 mo
87
Annualized
≈44 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
8%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
15%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False 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· 5 total · 0 in 24 mo

5
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231010
20211011
20202002
20181001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 9, 2023CA01No
Sep 29, 2021CA01Yes
Nov 18, 2020CA00Yes
Feb 14, 2020CA00Yes
Apr 24, 2018CA00Yes