Carrier profile · USDOT 1423488 · MC-538262 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

C & a Transportation Services Inc

21 power unitsavg 12.4 yrMulti-region · 8 statesSAN DIEGO, CA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-538262 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 18.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 122 vehicle and 180 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.3% · 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 1.9 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

173 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 16

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈4.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 21
Inspections · 24 mo: 181
Annualized: ≈91 / yr
Coverage: ≈4.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

95%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

54%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

57%

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 Driving71 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance38 · 13 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 13 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance23 · 13 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance23 · 1 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance22 · 3 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

28ELD device issues

3No log / no ELD

35False logs

22Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 18 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	2	1	1	2
2023	2	0	0	2
2022	2	0	1	2
2018	2	0	0	2
2015	1	0	1	1
2013	1	0	1	1
2012	3	1	0	3
2011	3	0	0	3
2008	2	0	1	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Apr 6, 2026	OR	1	3	Yes
Jan 14, 2026	OR	0	0	Yes
Jun 9, 2023	AZ	0	0	Yes
Jun 9, 2023	CA	0	0	Yes
Aug 4, 2022	CA	0	0	Yes
Jan 7, 2022	OR	0	2	Yes
Dec 5, 2018	CA	0	0	Yes
Jun 1, 2018	WA	0	0	Yes
Feb 12, 2015	WA	0	1	Yes
Jun 21, 2013	CA	0	1	Yes
Jul 14, 2012	CA	1	0	Yes
May 17, 2012	WA	0	0	Yes
Mar 2, 2012	WA	0	0	Yes
Dec 9, 2011	WA	0	0	Yes
Sep 1, 2011	CA	0	0	Yes
Feb 2, 2011	CA	0	0	Yes
May 22, 2008	CA	0	0	Yes
Jan 30, 2008	OR	0	2	Yes