Carrier profile · USDOT 765822 · MC-422319 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Central Coast Transport Inc

46 power unitsavg 4.3 yrMulti-region · 12 statesCONVERSE, TX88/100
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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 7.0%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 — 172 vehicle and 227 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.8% · 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 1.9 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

219 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 15

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
≈2.5 / 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
46
Inspections · 24 mo
230
Annualized
≈115 / yr
Coverage
≈2.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
91%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
76%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
26%
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 Driving69 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance49 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 14 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

85 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

29ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
43False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 79% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 22 total · 4 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20242022
20232012
20212102
20201011
20194014
20171001
20151001
20142002
20132012
20061001
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 24, 2026TX00Yes
Dec 9, 2025TX01Yes
Sep 26, 2025AL00Yes
Sep 24, 2024TX01Yes
Apr 30, 2024FL02Yes
Jul 31, 2023TX01Yes
May 17, 2023TX00Yes
Nov 24, 2021AZ00Yes
Oct 8, 2021CA10Yes
Mar 5, 2020LA03Yes
Dec 20, 2019TX01Yes
Sep 29, 2019FL00Yes
Aug 11, 2019AZ00Yes
May 24, 2019TX00Yes
Apr 17, 2017OK00Yes
Mar 18, 2015NM00Yes
Oct 16, 2014TX00Yes
Jul 18, 2014CA00Yes
Apr 15, 2013CA01Yes
Jan 11, 2013CA00Yes
Jul 7, 2006CA00Yes
Jun 10, 2000CA00Yes