Carrier profile · USDOT 497161 · MC-239321 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

C & A TRUCKING

12 power unitsavg 16.4 yrLocal · 2 statesCOTATI, CA94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-239321 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

12Power units

10 observed · MCS-150

17Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

16.4Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(707) 795-9231 Email dispatchcathy@catrucking.net

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 18, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileDriver out-of-service rate above average

Watch · 1

Driver out-of-service rate above average7.1% vs the 6.7% national average.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 34 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1992.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo16.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo16.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

12 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

16.4 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

33 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1992 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

28 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 7.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 24 vehicle and 28 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 17.1 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

26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 3

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

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 12-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 12
Inspections · 24 mo: 28
Annualized: ≈14 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.118 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’24 · 14 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

American’94–’99

Zc Ins’02–’05

Williamsburg National’06–’09

Pacific Financial’09–’13

Scottsdale’11–’14

Protective’17–’20

Sagamore’20–’24

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 15 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Aug 2024

All 15 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
STARSTONE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2024 → Aug 2024	$750K	1
SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2020 → Jul 2024	$750K	2
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2017 → Jul 2020	$750K	1
GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN	Jul 2016 → Jul 2017	$750K	2
UNIGARD INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2015 → Jul 2016	$750K	4
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jul 2014 → Jul 2015	$750K	2
SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	Jul 2011 → Jul 2014	$750K	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jul 2009 → Jul 2011	$750K	2
PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	Apr 2009 → Nov 2013	$750K	1
WILLIAMSBURG NATIONAL INS CO.	Jul 2006 → Jul 2009	$750K	2
CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	Jul 2005 → Jul 2006	$750K	2
ZC INS. CO /CONVERIUM INS.(NA) INC.	Jul 2002 → Jul 2005	$750K	2
WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	Jul 2000 → Jul 2002	$750K	2
GOLDEN EAGLE INSURANCE CORPORATION	Jul 1999 → Jul 2000	$750K	1
THE AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.	Jul 1994 → Jul 1999	$750K	2

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 12
Observed power (24 mo): 10
Trailers (towed): 17

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

16.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

25.9%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

COTATI, CA

7901 DERBY LANE

Top corridor

CA 27 · NV 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

No shared-identity links detected — no reincarnation flag, shared trucks, registration domain, or officer overlap with other carriers.

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 7901 DERBY LANE, COTATI, CA, 94931
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (707) 795-9231
Email: cathy@catrucking.net
Web domain: catrucking.net

Registration

Officers: Bradford Anderson · Cathy Anderson
USDOT / docket: 497161 · MC-239321
First registered: Sep 8, 1992
Last MCS-150: Jan 5, 2026 · 933,885 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jul 27, 1994
D-U-N-S: 47385596

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

933,885

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for C & A TRUCKING.

C & A TRUCKING (USDOT 497161) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 18, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Aug 21, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 16.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 28 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 24 vehicle-level and 28 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 18, 2026.

It reports 12 power units and 11 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 5, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jul 27, 1994 in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is C & A TRUCKING's USDOT number?

C & A TRUCKING's USDOT number is 497161, and its motor carrier number is MC-239321.

Is C & A TRUCKING authorized to operate?

As of Jul 18, 2026, C & A TRUCKING is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is C & A TRUCKING's safety record?

C & A TRUCKING has a 16.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 42 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).