Carrier profile · USDOT 285565 · MC-197839 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Central Oregon Truck Company LLC

446 power unitsavg 6.7 yrNational · 41 statesREDMOND, OR88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-197839 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 19.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 991 vehicle and 1,450 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.8% · 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 1.7 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

1,421 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 82

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
≈1.6 / 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
446
Inspections · 24 mo
1,451
Annualized
≈726 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
47%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
63%
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 Driving353 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance190 · 149 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance144 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance107 · 39 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance96 · 38 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance96 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance77 · 44 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance42 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance33 · 1 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving32 · 29 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

132 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

69ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
17False logs
23Drove over hours

31 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 318 total · 20 in 24 mo

318
Total crashes
20
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
100
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
2025130313
2024181618
2023241523
2022170617
2021140414
2020100310
2019120312
2018201620
2017161416
2016150615
2015170417
20147007
2013100310
20128018
20115015
20107026
20096016
20087017
2007121312
20068047
2005131712
20044124
20037027
20026036
20018018
20005015
19993013
19984034
19977247
19966046
19953023
19942022
19931011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 22, 2026TN01Yes
Apr 14, 2026OR00Yes
Jan 30, 2026OR00Yes
Sep 10, 2025KY00Yes
Aug 27, 2025OR01Yes
May 30, 2025AZ00Yes
May 28, 2025MO00Yes
May 13, 2025OR02Yes
Apr 4, 2025MT00Yes
Mar 23, 2025UT00Yes
Mar 19, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 17, 2025CO01Yes
Feb 13, 2025OR00Yes
Feb 11, 2025VA00Yes
Jan 6, 2025OR00Yes
Jan 5, 2025KY00Yes
Dec 31, 2024OR00Yes
Nov 30, 2024OR00Yes
Nov 30, 2024MO00Yes
Aug 31, 2024OR01Yes
Aug 17, 2024IA01Yes
Aug 9, 2024CA00Yes
Aug 6, 2024CA00Yes
Aug 1, 2024UT20Yes
May 7, 2024FL00Yes