Carrier profile · USDOT 2782126 · MC-926583 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Cedar Valley Transport Inc

46 power unitsavg 6.6 yrNational · 32 statesWATERLOO, IA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-926583 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 28.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 59 vehicle and 114 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.3% · 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 23.0 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

113 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 46-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
46
Inspections · 24 mo
114
Annualized
≈57 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

78%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
73%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
65%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
72%
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 Driving39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
4False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 64% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 4 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20243003
20232102
20221001
20201001
20191011
20185135
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 14, 2025IA00Yes
Jun 4, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 30, 2024NC00Yes
Oct 27, 2024MO00Yes
Apr 26, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 6, 2023IL00Yes
Aug 16, 2023IA10Yes
Mar 14, 2022MN00Yes
Feb 10, 2020TN00Yes
Jan 21, 2019PA02Yes
Nov 19, 2018IN04Yes
Sep 6, 2018IL02Yes
Jul 31, 2018OH00Yes
Jul 6, 2018AZ00Yes
Jan 12, 2018WI11Yes