VELAS CARRIERS LLC
USDOT 3550092MC-Docket MC1188637MISSION, TX
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VELAS CARRIERS LLC (USDOT 3550092) in MISSION, TX — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 1 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 12.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 1.78
Hours of service
No alert
measure 1.02
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.28
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 6.18
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
2
Injuries
1
Crashes
19
Inspections
6
OOS inspections
7
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 4
- Total drivers
- 4
- Years in business
- 5
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 1 of 1 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 12
- Driver OOS rate
- 5%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 29.4%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 1 (not recurring)
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-01-05
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
50
Inspections
14
OOS inspections
75
Violations
17
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-05-30 → 2026-05-19.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-12-30
NY
2 injuredTow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
27 | 9 | 2025-11-25 |
Hours of service 395
|
21 | 2 | 2025-11-25 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
7 | 2 | 2026-04-09 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
7 | 0 | 2025-11-25 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 1 | 2025-12-19 |
General safety regulations 390
|
1 | 0 | 2023-10-03 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-12-19 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a commercial vehicle without corrective lenses or hearing aid as indicated on the driv | OOS |
| 2025-11-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others - Exposed ply or belt material in tread or sidewall area | — |
| 2025-11-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-11-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-11-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hydraulic/Electric Brake - Inoperative other than a steering axle. | — |
| 2025-11-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lubrication - Oil or grease leak | — |
| 2025-11-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Knotted tiedown | — |
| 2025-11-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Clearance lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-11-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Form) - Paper Log/Logging Programs Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-10-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Cargo not secured to prevent leaking/spilling/blowing/falling from CMV | OOS |
| 2025-10-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-10-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Hub cap missing or broken | OOS |
| 2025-10-26 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to certify the accuracy of the information gathered by the ELD | — |
| 2025-10-02 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Using a hand-held mobile telephone | — |
| 2025-10-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-10-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Form) - Paper Log/Logging Programs Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-09-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Breakaway not attached to the towing vehicle | OOS |
| 2025-08-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Flat tire or fabric exposed | OOS |
| 2025-08-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manuf | — |
| 2025-08-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor upper body corner requirements for retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material for vehicles man | — |
| 2025-08-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2025-03-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Inoperative or missing parking brake on power unit | OOS |
| 2024-06-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Front belt material/casing ply showing in tread area | OOS |
| 2024-06-17 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2024-06-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Sleeper berth requirement violations | — |
| 2024-06-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 20 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-09 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2025-12-19 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41B10-MC | OOS | — |
2025-11-25 9 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104F1-C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LCL | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1-TEPBM | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-L | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BIHE | — | — |
2025-10-26 7 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-HC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 100B-C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1 | — | — |
2025-10-02 7 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 82DUMT | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
2025-08-18 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TU | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
2025-03-27 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 41-BNPB | OOS | — |
2024-06-17 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(1) | OOS | — |
2024-06-16 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 76 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-03-17 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48(a) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
2024-01-10 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 81 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
2023-11-29 8 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(d) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22(h)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22(h)(2) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22(h)(3) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(f)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30(b)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30(b)(1) | — | — |
2023-10-19 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
2023-10-05 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(a) | — | — |
2023-10-03 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21T(c) | — | — |
2023-09-05 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(f) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(f) | — | — |
2023-08-15 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 110 | OOS | — |
2023-08-15 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 110(b) | OOS | — |
2023-07-19 4 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 110(c) | OOS | — |
2023-05-30 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5(b) | — | — |
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