Carrier profile · USDOT 946689 · MC-435590 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CARDINAL TRANSPORTATION LTD

0 power unitsavg 9.2 yrRegional · 3 statesCOLUMBUS, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-435590 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 1.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 70 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

1.4% · 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 10.7 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

74 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 48

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
official FMCSA
69%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
1%
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.

  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 395.5 Hours of service / ELDHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.84 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 12 total · 4 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254013
20232020
20222122
20211001
20201001
20181011
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 6, 2025OH01No
Apr 22, 2025MI00Yes
Mar 6, 2025OH00Yes
Jan 20, 2025GA00Yes
Aug 11, 2023OH01No
Jun 16, 2023OH01No
Jun 13, 2022PA14Yes
Apr 18, 2022WV01Yes
May 6, 2021TN00Yes
Feb 21, 2020FL00Yes
Mar 26, 2018OH01Yes
Dec 19, 2016OH00Yes