Carrier profile · USDOT 1197429 · MC-476351 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Celtic Cartage Inc

185 power unitsavg 10.9 yrMulti-region · 8 statesPALOS HILLS, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-476351 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkscelticcartage.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 28.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 124 vehicle and 182 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.8% · 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 9.1 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

193 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 21

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 185-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
185
Inspections · 24 mo
195
Annualized
≈98 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

38%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
49%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
77%
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 Driving91 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance53 · 15 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance29 · 11 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance23 · 11 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 17 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
7False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 90 total · 9 in 24 mo

90
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
36
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
20254024
20242002
20233013
20228028
2021131513
20202012
20196126
20187144
20175035
20163023
20151001
20144023
20133013
20124023
20091011
20082002
20074124
20065035
20056036
20043103
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 9, 2026WI00Yes
May 16, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 25, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 24, 2026CA00Yes
Nov 20, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 20, 2025IL01Yes
Aug 28, 2025IL01Yes
Jan 22, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 21, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 15, 2024IL00Yes
Jun 15, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 16, 2023IL02Yes
Jan 31, 2023IL00Yes
Nov 17, 2022WI00Yes
Nov 7, 2022IL00Yes
Oct 11, 2022IL01Yes
Sep 21, 2022IL00Yes
May 18, 2022IL00Yes
Mar 30, 2022CA00Yes
Feb 8, 2022WI00Yes
Jan 24, 2022TX01Yes
Nov 18, 2021TX03Yes
Nov 11, 2021IL00Yes
Sep 30, 2021CA00Yes
Sep 15, 2021IL12Yes