Carrier profile · USDOT 551442 · MC-272841 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Caveman Transport Ltd

16 power unitsavg 11 yrRegional · 6 statesLETHBRIDGE, AB81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-272841 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 40 vehicle and 91 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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

90 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 7

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
16
Inspections · 24 mo
91
Annualized
46 / yr
Coverage
2.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

54%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.05measure
SMS · per-BASIC
9%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
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 Driving43 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 24 total · 1 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20221001
20171001
20161011
20142002
20132012
20101001
20081001
20071001
20063013
20051011
20041001
20031011
20024022
19991011
19972112
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 7, 2026ID00Yes
Nov 7, 2022MT00Yes
Mar 15, 2017MT00Yes
Nov 3, 2016MT03Yes
Dec 2, 2014WA00Yes
Nov 4, 2014ID00Yes
Dec 28, 2013MT00Yes
Dec 11, 2013MT01Yes
Nov 9, 2010WY00Yes
Mar 13, 2008ID00Yes
Jul 17, 2007UT00Yes
Dec 18, 2006MT00Yes
Nov 6, 2006WA00Yes
Apr 20, 2006ID01Yes
Jun 27, 2005MT01Yes
Feb 5, 2004UT00Yes
Mar 31, 2003AZ01Yes
Aug 30, 2002ID01No
Aug 8, 2002MT00Yes
Apr 17, 2002MT00Yes
Jan 29, 2002ID01No
Feb 8, 1999WA01Yes
Dec 15, 1997WA00Yes
Mar 13, 1997WA12Yes