Carrier profile · USDOT 1623751 · MC-849922 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CASTERA TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC

24 power unitsavg 5.2 yrMulti-region · 9 statesCLARKSBURG, MD94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-849922 ACTIVE
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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 17.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 104 vehicle and 120 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 1.7 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

115 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 10

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
24
Inspections · 24 mo
120
Annualized
≈60 / yr
Coverage
≈2.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

79%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
27%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
54%
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.

  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving66 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving63 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 27, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 41 total · 2 in 24 mo

41
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20242002
20237037
20225005
20214014
20205024
20194024
20184024
20173003
20164013
20111011
20081011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 31, 2025PA00Yes
Sep 7, 2024PA00Yes
Apr 20, 2024VA00Yes
Oct 7, 2023MD00Yes
Sep 7, 2023MD02Yes
Jul 22, 2023MD00Yes
Jul 2, 2023MD04Yes
Jun 23, 2023NY00Yes
May 25, 2023PA00Yes
May 16, 2023VA04Yes
Nov 21, 2022MD00Yes
Oct 26, 2022MD00Yes
Aug 31, 2022MD00Yes
Jul 19, 2022MD00Yes
Mar 15, 2022MD00Yes
Jul 15, 2021MD00Yes
Jun 4, 2021MD01Yes
May 1, 2021MD00Yes
Apr 10, 2021MD00Yes
Oct 31, 2020MD00Yes
Oct 30, 2020DC01No
Jul 16, 2020MD00Yes
Feb 19, 2020VA01Yes
Feb 15, 2020MD00Yes
Oct 31, 2019MD01Yes