Carrier profile · USDOT 2057947 · MC-720265 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

C O T Trucking Inc

19 power unitsavg 8.2 yrNational · 16 statesHUNTINGTON BEACH, CA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-720265 ACTIVE
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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 18.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 54 vehicle and 58 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 3.3 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

72 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 18

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
≈1.9 / 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
19
Inspections · 24 mo
72
Annualized
≈36 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

63%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
83%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
29%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving16 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

44 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

27ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
12False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 26 total · 0 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20232002
20212002
20205015
20194124
20174023
20162012
20143003
20133013
20121010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 3, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 27, 2023AZ00Yes
Aug 10, 2021AL00Yes
Jan 26, 2021AZ00Yes
Dec 7, 2020FL00Yes
Aug 25, 2020CA00Yes
Aug 8, 2020AR00Yes
Feb 15, 2020GA01Yes
Jan 11, 2020AL00Yes
Sep 1, 2019OK00Yes
Aug 14, 2019GA00Yes
Jul 11, 2019AR01Yes
Jan 4, 2019GA11Yes
Dec 6, 2017TN00Yes
Oct 7, 2017MS00Yes
Oct 7, 2017GA01Yes
Mar 16, 2017TX01No
Jul 1, 2016AZ00Yes
May 2, 2016TN01Yes
Sep 22, 2014OK00Yes
Jun 7, 2014CA00Yes
Feb 4, 2014AR00Yes
Nov 22, 2013TX00Yes
Mar 18, 2013TX02Yes
Feb 8, 2013CA00Yes