DANIEL ORTIZ CASTANEDA
DANIEL ORTIZ CASTANEDA (USDOT 1245881) 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.
- 2 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2013-03-18 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Current BIPD policy (AGRICULTURAL WORKERS MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE CO) was filed 26 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2025-11-03) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are at or below 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 9 times, most recent 2025-11-03 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2022-08-19 (C).
- 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
- Not applicable
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
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
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 2
- Total drivers
- 2
- Years in business
- 22
- 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
- 16.7%
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
- 9 times last 2025-11-03
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-12-30
- Insurance lapse history
- 2 lapse(s) most recent 2013-03-18
- Last compliance review
- 2022-08-19 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
Record spans 2024-05-15 → 2026-02-12.
Crash history (last 24 months)
No crashes recorded in the last 24 months.
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
9 | 1 | 2026-02-12 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
5 | 0 | 2026-02-12 |
Hours of service 395
|
4 | 0 | 2025-07-28 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
1 | 0 | 2024-10-08 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-07-28 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-05-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-04-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-04-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove | — |
| 2025-04-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/Defective Hazard Warning Lamp | — |
| 2025-04-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2025-04-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Improper Lower Rear Placement of retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manufa | — |
| 2024-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2024-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2024-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-07-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids suffi | — |
| 2024-07-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2024-07-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 6 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-02-12 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
2025-07-28 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
2025-05-21 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LLPL | — | — |
2025-04-08 8 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 13D2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 19 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
2024-10-08 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-07-10 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 30(b)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22(h)(4) | — | — |
Verify on FMCSA
FMCSA is the system of record. One click through to the official source.