Carrier profile · USDOT 1379850 · MC-525727 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

C & a Transportation & Logistics Inc

DBA C & A TRANSPORTATION

40 power unitsavg 8.6 yrNational · 25 statesANKENY, IA82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-525727 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 20.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 40 vehicle and 91 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 9.8 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

86 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 6

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 40-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
91
Annualized
≈46 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
55%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
66%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving43 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 12 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance15 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

28 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
3False logs
15Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 2 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20242012
20232111
20224023
20213003
20191001
20181001
20172002
20151001
20133003
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 2, 2026MN00Yes
Oct 1, 2024OH01Yes
Apr 18, 2024MO00Yes
Dec 15, 2023OH10Yes
Oct 5, 2023IL01No
Sep 16, 2022FL00Yes
Sep 5, 2022VA01Yes
Jun 15, 2022ME00Yes
May 24, 2022ME01No
Nov 5, 2021IL00Yes
Aug 18, 2021TX00Yes
Jan 19, 2021WI00Yes
Apr 23, 2019OK00Yes
Dec 6, 2018KS00Yes
Dec 7, 2017MI00Yes
Jul 28, 2017IL00Yes
Sep 10, 2015IL00Yes
Nov 11, 2013IL00Yes
May 10, 2013KY00Yes
Feb 17, 2013IA00Yes
May 19, 2010IL00Yes