Carrier profile · USDOT 33644 · MC-810991 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

CATO INC

DBA CATO GAS & OIL

18 power unitsavg 11.6 yrRegional · 4 statesSALISBURY, MD94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-810991 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkscatoinc.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 8.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 97 vehicle and 99 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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

95 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 8

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
≈2.8 / 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
18
Inspections · 24 mo
99
Annualized
≈50 / yr
Coverage
≈2.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
2%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
8%
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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 399.207 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jun 12, 2024. 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· 16 total · 2 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20242012
20222002
20203023
20181001
20162022
20131001
20011011
19981011
19951001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 26, 2026DE00Yes
Jan 27, 2026MD00Yes
Jan 27, 2024MD01Yes
Jan 5, 2024MD00Yes
Jun 14, 2022MD00Yes
May 1, 2022DE00Yes
Dec 14, 2020MD01Yes
Oct 30, 2020MD01Yes
Jan 14, 2020MD00Yes
Feb 6, 2018MD00Yes
Nov 29, 2016MD02Yes
Jul 13, 2016MD03Yes
Aug 7, 2013MD00Yes
Nov 6, 2001MD01Yes
Aug 18, 1998MD03Yes
Aug 30, 1995MD00Yes