Carrier profile · USDOT 152518 · MC-142059 · Updated Jul 16, 2026

Cardinal Transport Inc

206 power unitsavg 12.6 yrNational · 37 statesCOAL CITY, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-142059 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 25.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 231 vehicle and 354 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.3% · 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 8.7 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

349 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 32

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 206-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
206
Inspections · 24 mo
354
Annualized
≈177 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
72%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
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 Driving136 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance91 · 19 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance44 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance44 · 33 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance43 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance32 · 17 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance29 · 5 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance28 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

76 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

32ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
20False logs
14Drove over hours

Trending worse — 84% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 396 total · 13 in 24 mo

396
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
16
Fatal
164
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20258028
20249029
20236116
20225015
20218138
2020120310
20191801017
20188038
20179038
20168128
20159129
20145015
20138027
2012130513
20117037
201011188
20097117
2008130612
2007180717
20069229
200510059
2004130412
2003180517
2002120711
2001150714
2000141714
1999131611
1998150814
19972011516
19962131318
1995161616
1994121611
1993120510
19926023
19911001
19904011
19891001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 26, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 26, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 2, 2025TN00Yes
Sep 8, 2025IN01Yes
Sep 2, 2025MN00Yes
Aug 12, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 26, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 11, 2025CO00Yes
Feb 20, 2025MD01Yes
Feb 19, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 18, 2024IN00Yes
Aug 15, 2024TX01Yes
Aug 14, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 22, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 12, 2024TX00Yes
Jun 12, 2024IL00Yes
May 29, 2024AR01Yes
Mar 18, 2024AR00Yes
Feb 16, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 11, 2023AZ00Yes
Aug 17, 2023TX00Yes
Jul 25, 2023TX02Yes
Apr 23, 2023KS00Yes
Feb 27, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 14, 2023TX10Yes