Carrier profile · USDOT 546354 · MC-270827 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Cal-ark International Inc

339 power unitsavg 9.3 yrNational · 26 statesMABLEVALE, AR81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-270827 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 25.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 320 vehicle and 518 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 18.9 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

503 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 39

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 339-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
339
Inspections · 24 mo
518
Annualized
≈259 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

25%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
79%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
81%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
79%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
61%
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 Driving196 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance84 · 21 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance65 · 55 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance48 · 10 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance41 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance34 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance23 · 16 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

89 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

70ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
2False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 690 total · 40 in 24 mo

690
Total crashes
40
In last 24 mo
15
Fatal
278
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026150415
2025190818
20242521324
20234101041
2022240724
2021202719
20202511323
2019200920
20182811128
20172511024
2016140514
2015190518
2014101310
2013100210
2012222521
2011140414
2010150814
2009150514
2008220820
2007110310
2006200820
20059039
20042001019
20033211628
2002190519
2001221821
20002211320
19993201731
19983601631
19972811526
19962001119
1995190718
1994171916
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 2, 2026PA00Yes
Jun 29, 2026GA01Yes
Jun 23, 2026AL00Yes
Jun 20, 2026LA00Yes
Apr 29, 2026TX02Yes
Apr 15, 2026FL00Yes
Apr 14, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 14, 2026MO00Yes
Mar 4, 2026MS01Yes
Feb 21, 2026KS00Yes
Feb 13, 2026GA02Yes
Feb 6, 2026MO00Yes
Feb 6, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 5, 2026NC00Yes
Jan 9, 2026MO00Yes
Dec 13, 2025FL02Yes
Nov 5, 2025IA00Yes
Sep 18, 2025VA02Yes
Aug 26, 2025TX01Yes
Aug 26, 2025IA00Yes
Aug 8, 2025AR00Yes
Jul 31, 2025NC00Yes
Jul 23, 2025LA00Yes
Jul 3, 2025FL00Yes
Jun 24, 2025TX00Yes