Carrier profile · USDOT 257768 · MC-161652 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Cargo Transporters Inc

DBA CARGO TRANSPORTERS

500 power unitsavg 5.1 yrNational · 39 statesCLAREMONT, NC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-161652 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkscargotransporters.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 2.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 965 vehicle and 1,353 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.7% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

1,320 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 85

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 500-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
500
Inspections · 24 mo
1,353
Annualized
≈677 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

40%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
13%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
3%
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 Driving170 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance45 · 11 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 12 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 12 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
3Drove over hours

10 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 583 total · 51 in 24 mo

583
Total crashes
51
In last 24 mo
22
Fatal
222
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026130413
20252431022
20243521334
2023210721
2022220622
2021200620
2020242824
20192621126
20183321233
2017170417
20162711027
2015210621
2014230822
2013180618
2012160515
2011170617
2010261923
20091711015
2008211621
2007150615
2006202920
2005161416
2004170416
2003170514
2002141613
20016045
20007047
19999058
19985055
19977057
19965125
19958068
19947047
19933021
19925234
19901010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 22, 2026VA02Yes
Jul 16, 2026NC00Yes
May 7, 2026NJ00Yes
May 6, 2026IN01Yes
Apr 28, 2026MN00Yes
Apr 13, 2026OH02Yes
Apr 9, 2026KS01Yes
Apr 7, 2026NC00Yes
Mar 16, 2026NC00Yes
Mar 12, 2026NC00Yes
Feb 16, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 3, 2026WV00Yes
Jan 25, 2026NC00Yes
Dec 11, 2025VA00Yes
Nov 20, 2025TN10Yes
Nov 17, 2025VA12Yes
Oct 2, 2025FL00Yes
Oct 1, 2025SC00Yes
Sep 30, 2025NC00Yes
Jul 28, 2025MD01Yes
Jul 6, 2025NC00Yes
Jul 2, 2025PA01Yes
Jul 2, 2025VA00Yes
Jul 1, 2025GA01No
May 31, 2025IN01Yes