Carrier profile · USDOT 111766 · MC-172371 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Cawood Trucking Inc

14 power unitsavg 6.3 yrMulti-region · 14 statesLOWELL, AR74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-172371 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 40.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 30 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 7.5 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

30 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 4

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
1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 14-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
14
Inspections · 24 mo
30
Annualized
15 / yr
Coverage
1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

81%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
41%
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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 25 total · 1 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20211001
20161001
20151101
20141011
20112112
20101001
20061001
20052012
20041001
20031011
20021001
20001001
19991011
19962011
19951010
19941011
19931001
19922002
19912001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 15, 2025IN00Yes
Jul 3, 2021IN00Yes
Jun 26, 2016AR00Yes
Aug 6, 2015TN10Yes
Feb 3, 2014TX02Yes
Oct 31, 2011OK10Yes
Apr 27, 2011IN03Yes
Jun 14, 2010AR00Yes
Aug 1, 2006AR00Yes
Dec 11, 2005AL01Yes
Jul 20, 2005AR00Yes
Apr 23, 2004AR00Yes
Feb 6, 2003AR01Yes
Apr 5, 2002MO00Yes
Nov 3, 2000MN00Yes
Nov 20, 1999IN01Yes
Jul 27, 1996AR01No
Jan 16, 1996MO00Yes
Aug 3, 1995MO01No
Sep 12, 1994TX02Yes
Jan 7, 1993TX00Yes
May 28, 1992OK00Yes
Mar 5, 1992TX00Yes
Dec 1, 1991MO00No
Jan 19, 1991AR00Yes