Carrier profile · USDOT 3322940 · MC-1057702 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

California Cargo LLC

DBA CALIFORNIA CARGO

389 power unitsavg 4.2 yrNational · 40 statesCANAL WINCHESTER, OH87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1057702 ACTIVE
Verified linkscaliforniacargo.netFMCSA SAFER

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 26.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 196 vehicle and 452 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.0% · 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 9.8 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

444 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 38

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 389-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
389
Inspections · 24 mo
452
Annualized
≈226 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

96%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
60%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving203 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance67 · 10 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance44 · 38 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance29 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance26 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance21 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

52 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 31, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
24False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 82% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 37 total · 28 in 24 mo

37
Total crashes
28
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268038
2025150615
20247037
20226026
20211011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 24, 2026GA01Yes
Apr 6, 2026MO00Yes
Mar 27, 2026MS01Yes
Mar 24, 2026LA00Yes
Mar 11, 2026TN00Yes
Feb 20, 2026GA02Yes
Feb 10, 2026AL00Yes
Jan 11, 2026CT00Yes
Dec 1, 2025NC00Yes
Nov 30, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 28, 2025NM01Yes
Oct 11, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 2, 2025FL01Yes
Sep 16, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 14, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 16, 2025OH00Yes
Jun 9, 2025PA01Yes
May 7, 2025FL01Yes
Apr 28, 2025SC06Yes
Mar 29, 2025PA00Yes
Feb 19, 2025KS00Yes
Feb 8, 2025WY00Yes
Jan 24, 2025OH01Yes
Dec 19, 2024WI00Yes
Oct 28, 2024IL00Yes