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Company Check1ST ZARATE AND SONS · DOT 658403

48 NARCISO PENA ST, RIO GRANDE CITY, TX, 78582

DOT# 658403 MC# 829259 Rio Grande City, Texas

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest May 29, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

May 29, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
May 14, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
May 13, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
May 10, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

Phone(956) 735-3248

Email[email protected]

Physical Address48 NARCISO PENA ST, RIO GRANDE CITY, TX, 78582

Mailing Address48 NARCISO PENA ST, RIO GRANDE CITY, TX, 78582

Other Companies at This Address

Address48 NARCISO PENA ST, RIO GRANDE CITY, TX 78582

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
1ST ZARATE AND SONS this company	658403	(956) 735-3248	Active
GLORIA ZARATE	2244412	(956) 487-7299	Active

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationC - Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

CommonN/A

ContractN/A

BrokerN/A

Company Overview

1ST ZARATE AND SONS is a FMCSA-validated motor carrier based in Rio Grande City, Texas. The fleet consists of 4 power units and 3 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 773,000 miles (2024). With zero crashes across 28 inspections, 1ST ZARATE AND SONS maintains an excellent safety record. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, 1ST ZARATE AND SONS has a Trust Score of 92/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

Mileage

Annual Mileage773,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS28.6% avg 20.7%

Insurance

AmountNot reported

Type-

Effective-

Company-

Policy #-

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet4 units

Drivers3

Mileage773,000 mi

MCS-15009/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total14

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total14

Out of Service4

OOS Rate28.6%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

2 · 1 OOS —

2024

5 · 1 OOS =

2025

7 · 2 OOS ▲

2026

9 · 3 OOS ▲

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through May 2026 — 18 inspections, 5 resulted in out-of-service (27.8% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 6 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

49 roadside violations across 18 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 47 violations · 5 OOS

Unsafe Driving 1 violation · 1 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 1 violation · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results — not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (23)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/29/2026 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US83 AND RIO CONCHO	2	0	0	0	2	0	-
Violations (2) 393.83G — CFR 393.83G Non-OOS 393.9H — CFR 393.9H Non-OOS
05/14/2026 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	4676 US83	3	0	0	0	3	0	-
Violations (3) 393.209E — CFR 393.209E Non-OOS 393.55E — CFR 393.55E Non-OOS 393.78 — CFR 393.78 Non-OOS
05/13/2026 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	LAT:26¿¿15'28.39"N	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 393.55E — CFR 393.55E Non-OOS
05/10/2026 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US77 RIVIERA SCALE	3	1	1	0	2	1	-
Violations (3) 393.43A — CFR 393.43A OOS 393.45B2PC — CFR 393.45B2PC Non-OOS 395.24D — CFR 395.24D Non-OOS
04/29/2026	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US281 SB FALFURRIAS SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/06/2026 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	7414 US83 EB	6	2	0	0	6	2	-
Violations (6) 393.19 — CFR 393.19 Non-OOS 393.207F — CFR 393.207F Non-OOS 393.48A — CFR 393.48A OOS 393.9 — CFR 393.9 Non-OOS 393.9TS — CFR 393.9TS OOS 396.5B — CFR 396.5B Non-OOS
03/11/2026 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US83 AND RIO CONCHO	8	1	0	0	8	1	-
Violations (8) 393.209E — CFR 393.209E Non-OOS 393.48A — CFR 393.48A Non-OOS 393.78 — CFR 393.78 Non-OOS 393.9TS — CFR 393.9TS Non-OOS 393.9TS — CFR 393.9TS OOS 393.95F — CFR 393.95F Non-OOS 396.3A1B — CFR 396.3A1B Non-OOS 396.5B — CFR 396.5B Non-OOS
02/26/2026 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 83	2	0	0	0	2	0	-
Violations (2) 393.75C — CFR 393.75C Non-OOS 393.95B — CFR 393.95B Non-OOS
01/06/2026 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US77 RIVIERA SCALE	3	0	0	0	3	0	-
Violations (3) 393.95A — CFR 393.95A Non-OOS 393.95F — CFR 393.95F Non-OOS 396.17C — CFR 396.17C Non-OOS
09/24/2025 ▼	TX	Full (Level I)	PHARR POE	8	0	0	0	8	0	-
Violations (8) 393.209E — CFR 393.209E Non-OOS 393.45DLPC — CFR 393.45DLPC Non-OOS 393.55E — CFR 393.55E Non-OOS 393.9 — CFR 393.9 Non-OOS 393.9 — CFR 393.9 Non-OOS 396.3A1B — CFR 396.3A1B Non-OOS 396.3A1 — CFR 396.3A1 Non-OOS 396.5B-HWSLIW — CFR 396.5B-HWSLIW Non-OOS
07/27/2025 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US77 RIVIERA SCALE	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 393.9 — CFR 393.9 Non-OOS
07/16/2025 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US281 SB FALFURRIAS SCALE	2	1	0	0	2	1	-
Violations (2) 392.9A2-C — CFR 392.9A2-C OOS 393.55D3 — CFR 393.55D3 Non-OOS
05/22/2025 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	TX408 SPUR SB AT W L	2	0	0	0	2	0	-
Violations (2) 393.60C — CFR 393.60C Non-OOS 393.9 — CFR 393.9 Non-OOS
05/14/2025 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US281 SB FALFURRIAS SCALE	5	1	0	0	5	1	-
Violations (5) 393.83G — CFR 393.83G OOS 393.9 — CFR 393.9 Non-OOS 393.9 — CFR 393.9 Non-OOS 393.9TS — CFR 393.9TS Non-OOS 396.17C — CFR 396.17C Non-OOS
02/03/2025 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US281 SB FALFURRIAS SCALE	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 393.75C — CFR 393.75C Non-OOS
01/03/2025 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH45 NB NEW WAVERLY SCALE	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 393.60E-WS — CFR 393.60E-WS Non-OOS
10/15/2024 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US281 SB FALFURRIAS SCALE	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 393.55D3 — CFR 393.55D3 Non-OOS
08/22/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	LAT:27 10' 57.3N	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/22/2024 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	LAT:28 16' 55.38N	6	1	0	0	6	1	-
Violations (6) 393.47(e) — CFR 393.47(e) Non-OOS 393.47(e) — CFR 393.47(e) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 396.3(a)(1) — CFR 396.3(a)(1) OOS
04/12/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 83 MM 768	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
02/22/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH35 NB SVC RD N/ LO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
12/06/2023 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	LAT:27 10' 57.3N	6	0	0	0	6	0	-
Violations (6) 393.203A — CFR 393.203A Non-OOS 393.209E — CFR 393.209E Non-OOS 393.78 — CFR 393.78 Non-OOS 393.9 — CFR 393.9 Non-OOS 393.9 — CFR 393.9 Non-OOS 396.5B — CFR 396.5B Non-OOS
11/29/2023 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	601 US83 EB	3	1	0	0	3	1	-
Violations (3) 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) OOS 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

No authority history.

No revocation records.

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92/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown — from 100 to 92

Starts at 100−8 totalFinal 92

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

Operating history unknown−3

Verification — 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Operating authority N/A

Not required for private carriers — a private carrier hauls its own goods and needs no for-hire operating authority (no MC number) under FMCSA.

Insurance on file with FMCSA N/A

Not required for private carriers — a non-hazmat private carrier hauling its own goods is generally not required to file proof of insurance with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 28.5714% vs national avg 20.72%.

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

Where this company lands — risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 28.5714% vs national avg 20.72%.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back — the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A — not required — never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty — we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark — for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference — the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers) knockout	−10
Crashes — rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (23)

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