Carrier profile · USDOT 859208 · MC-379104 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Cardenas Trucking Inc

52 power unitsavg 14.5 yrMulti-region · 11 statesBOLINGBROOK, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-379104 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkscardenastruckinginc.comFMCSA 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 31.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 40 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 19.3 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

38 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 52-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
52
Inspections · 24 mo
40
Annualized
≈20 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
53%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
85%
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

37 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
2False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 32 total · 1 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20242011
20234014
20221001
20215015
20203013
20191001
20183023
20171001
20161001
20141011
20131011
20112002
20103013
20071001
20051011
20041011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 9, 2025IL01Yes
May 8, 2024IL01No
Jan 23, 2024IL00Yes
Oct 10, 2023IL00Yes
Aug 10, 2023IL00Yes
Jul 24, 2023IA01Yes
Mar 16, 2023MI00Yes
Jan 6, 2022MI00Yes
Dec 9, 2021MI00Yes
Sep 7, 2021IN00Yes
Aug 30, 2021IL00Yes
Jul 19, 2021MI01Yes
Feb 5, 2021IN00Yes
Nov 17, 2020OH01Yes
Oct 2, 2020IL00Yes
Mar 31, 2020IL00Yes
Oct 24, 2019IL00Yes
Dec 5, 2018IL01Yes
Sep 17, 2018IL00Yes
Apr 13, 2018IL03Yes
Sep 18, 2017IA00Yes
Apr 15, 2016IN00Yes
Mar 31, 2014IL02Yes
May 13, 2013IL02Yes
Apr 26, 2011IN00Yes