ABA FREIGHT LLC
USDOT 3657670MC-Docket MC1263278SAN BENITO, TX
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ABA FREIGHT LLC (USDOT 3657670) in SAN BENITO, 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.
- Current BIPD policy (HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY) was filed 27 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2025-12-29) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- 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.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0 not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 2 times, most recent 2025-12-29 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- 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 4.58
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.65
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.04
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 9.28
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
0
Injuries
0
Crashes
34
Inspections
9
OOS inspections
13
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 7
- Total drivers
- 7
- Years in business
- 5
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 0%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 42.9%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
- 2 times last 2025-12-29
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-06-26
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
46
Inspections
12
OOS inspections
104
Violations
16
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-28 → 2026-05-02.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2024-05-22
TX
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
58 | 7 | 2026-04-29 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
14 | 3 | 2026-04-29 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
11 | 1 | 2026-04-08 |
Hours of service 395
|
8 | 0 | 2026-05-02 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2023-06-28 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 0 | 2026-03-02 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2026-04-08 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2026-03-24 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2026-03-02 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on fi | — |
| 2025-12-31 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-11-04 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to activate hazard warning signal flashers | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. | OOS |
| 2025-10-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Lamps improper color height location. | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Audible air leak from a brake chamber | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lubrication - Oil or grease leak | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Rear Impact Guards - Trailers and semitrailers manufactured on or after January 26 1998 inadequate or missing. | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Frame - Accessories improperly attached | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Form) - Paper Log/Logging Programs Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-10-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck Tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 not equipped with an antilock brake system | — |
| 2025-09-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake system pressure loss | OOS |
| 2025-09-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake tubing and hose adequacy | OOS |
| 2025-09-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-09-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2025-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/improper tractor protection valve | OOS |
| 2025-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/defective brakes | — |
| 2025-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2025-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Oil and/or Grease Leaking from hub - inner wheel | — |
| 2025-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2025-07-22 | Unsafe Driving | Unauthorized passenger on board CMV | — |
| 2025-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-06-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle | — |
| 2025-06-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake system pressure loss | OOS |
| 2025-06-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake tubing and hose adequacy | OOS |
| 2025-06-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake tubing improperly joined or spliced | OOS |
| 2025-06-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manuf | — |
| 2025-06-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-04-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-04-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Disc Brake - Inoperative other than a steering axle | — |
| 2025-04-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Disc Brake - Missing/broken component(s) | — |
| 2025-04-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2025-02-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | ABS malfunction indicators for hydr brake sys | — |
| 2025-02-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2025-02-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Upper rear retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material as required for vehicles manufactured before December | — |
| 2025-02-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2025-02-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
| 2025-02-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-02-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/Defective Hazard Warning Lamp | — |
| 2025-02-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/improper tractor protection valve | OOS |
| 2025-02-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brakes (general) Explain: | — |
| 2025-02-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-05-02 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 22H2 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24D | — | — |
2026-04-29 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TL | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B | — | — |
2026-04-15 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
2026-04-08 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
2026-03-24 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
2026-03-02 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41APC | — | — |
2025-12-31 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2025-11-04 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 22B-DFPWD | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 22A-D | — | — |
2025-10-24 12 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LCHL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 201D-FR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 86A1-RIG | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-L | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BALAC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
2025-10-04 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C1 | — | — |
2025-07-22 8 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 60A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43A | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HLIW | — | — |
2025-07-17 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLDL | — | — |
2025-06-28 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
2025-06-11 5 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45A-AJS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BL | OOS | — |
2025-04-02 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BMBCAD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BIAD | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BMBCAD | — | — |
2025-02-26 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 13D3 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
2025-02-22 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B | — | — |
2025-02-05 6 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 19 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43A | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
2024-12-28 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS1 | — | — |
2024-09-22 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | OOS | — |
2024-09-13 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | — | — |
2024-08-27 7 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 19 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(f) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | OOS | — |
2024-08-01 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8 | — | — |
2023-12-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2023-11-10 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(c) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
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