Carrier profile · USDOT 743376 · MC-337918 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Caruso Trucking Ltd

DBA CARUSO LOGISTICS

94 power unitsavg 3.3 yrMulti-region · 14 statesCINCINNATI, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-337918 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 14.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 42 vehicle and 87 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 13.7 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

84 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 11

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 94-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
94
Inspections · 24 mo
87
Annualized
≈44 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

11%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
9%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
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 Driving30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 21, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 83 total · 9 in 24 mo

83
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
31
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253013
20246026
20236126
20226036
2021131513
20207017
2019150615
20187027
20173023
20163013
20155035
20143013
20131001
20121001
20041001
20032022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 3, 2026KY00Yes
Oct 7, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 19, 2025AR00Yes
May 2, 2025WV01Yes
Dec 23, 2024IN00Yes
Dec 8, 2024VA00Yes
Oct 24, 2024TN00Yes
Oct 15, 2024NC01Yes
Oct 1, 2024MS00Yes
Jan 4, 2024VA02Yes
Aug 19, 2023IN00Yes
Jun 5, 2023KY01Yes
May 2, 2023KY00Yes
Apr 16, 2023MI10Yes
Apr 13, 2023AR00Yes
Jan 28, 2023KY01Yes
Nov 16, 2022TN01Yes
Jul 25, 2022KY00Yes
May 12, 2022IL00Yes
Mar 31, 2022MI00Yes
Mar 26, 2022KY01Yes
Feb 18, 2022VA01Yes
Dec 30, 2021KY01Yes
Nov 18, 2021TN01Yes
Nov 4, 2021WV10Yes