Carrier profile · USDOT 1387273 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Canton Distributors Cml Inc

24 power unitsavg 2.7 yrLocal · 2 statesCANTON, MA82/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 33.3%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 — 3 vehicle and 28 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 5

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 24-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 24
Inspections · 24 mo: 28
Annualized: ≈14 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

81%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

80%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

.57measure

SMS · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

2.4measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
376.11 Other violationOther3 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 38 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 12 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	2	1	2	2
2024	1	0	0	1
2023	1	0	0	1
2022	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	1	1
2019	2	0	1	2
2017	2	0	1	2
2006	1	0	1	0
2005	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Nov 14, 2025	MA	2	3	Yes
Apr 12, 2025	MA	0	1	Yes
May 13, 2024	MA	0	0	Yes
Dec 13, 2023	MA	0	0	Yes
Feb 20, 2022	MA	0	0	Yes
Dec 22, 2021	MA	0	1	Yes
Jul 2, 2019	MA	0	1	Yes
Apr 26, 2019	MA	0	0	Yes
Aug 25, 2017	MA	0	1	Yes
Aug 6, 2017	MA	0	0	Yes
Mar 4, 2006	MA	0	1	No
Nov 15, 2005	RI	0	0	Yes