Carrier profile · USDOT 3035784 · MC-41929 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Cal Cartage Transportation Express LLC

DBA CALIFORNIA CARTAGE EXPRESS

166 power unitsavg 12.7 yrMulti-region · 14 statesCAMDEN, NJ87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-41929 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 29.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 241 vehicle and 268 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.4% · 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 2.2 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

300 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 28

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 166-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
166
Inspections · 24 mo
309
Annualized
≈155 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

44%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
49%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
74%
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 Maintenance163 · 52 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance101 · 16 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving53 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance40 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance37 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance37 · 22 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 24 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

29 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
11Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 57 total · 11 in 24 mo

57
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264024
20255035
2024100510
20233013
20224014
20215015
20206016
20196035
2018120512
20172022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 17, 2026NC00Yes
Apr 13, 2026GA01Yes
Feb 27, 2026NC00Yes
Jan 7, 2026GA01Yes
Dec 23, 2025TX01Yes
Sep 1, 2025GA01Yes
May 7, 2025GA02Yes
Feb 3, 2025VA00Yes
Jan 23, 2025NC00Yes
Dec 4, 2024VA01Yes
Sep 25, 2024AL00Yes
Jul 31, 2024GA01Yes
Jul 24, 2024TX01Yes
Jul 22, 2024NC01Yes
Jun 5, 2024TX00Yes
May 13, 2024GA00Yes
May 13, 2024GA00Yes
Apr 11, 2024SC01Yes
Jan 30, 2024VA00Yes
Dec 8, 2023VA02Yes
Aug 21, 2023VA00Yes
May 22, 2023VA00Yes
Sep 27, 2022GA00Yes
Sep 8, 2022GA00Yes
May 13, 2022GA01Yes