Carrier profile · USDOT 661173 · MC-302382 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

CENTRAL TRANSPORT LLC

DBA CENTRAL TRANSPORT

4,944 power unitsavg 5.9 yrNational · 50 statesWARREN, MI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-302382 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 8.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9,211 vehicle and 10,697 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.3% · 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 2.1 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

10,437 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 613

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 4,944-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
4,944
Inspections · 24 mo
10,729
Annualized
≈5,365 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
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 Driving1,542 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1,204 · 380 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance681 · 569 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance595 · 215 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance277 · 112 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance229 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance217 · 12 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance210 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance190 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance165 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

768 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

450ELD device issues
36No log / no ELD
41False logs
174Drove over hours

Trending worse — 53% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 2,743 total · 179 in 24 mo

2,743
Total crashes
179
In last 24 mo
80
Fatal
967
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026210521
20258313078
2024187548184
2023183462176
2022182860171
2021168462161
2020169460166
2019171359164
2018154564144
2017161657153
2016136444131
2015159156155
2014128438125
20138913287
20128642484
20119133186
20109634188
20098243478
20086111959
20079813593
20065961956
20053832035
20043401230
20033011228
20022411516
2001182616
200013088
199911059
19988064
19973132
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 17, 2026NJ01Yes
Jul 16, 2026NJ00Yes
Jul 15, 2026KY01Yes
Jun 12, 2026WA00Yes
Jun 3, 2026AL00Yes
May 9, 2026MO01Yes
May 6, 2026NJ00Yes
May 5, 2026MO00Yes
May 1, 2026IL00Yes
Apr 28, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 22, 2026MO01Yes
Apr 13, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 27, 2026KY00Yes
Mar 23, 2026NJ00Yes
Mar 19, 2026KY00Yes
Mar 16, 2026NJ00Yes
Feb 20, 2026NC00Yes
Feb 12, 2026MO01Yes
Feb 10, 2026MO00Yes
Feb 7, 2026TN00Yes
Jan 2, 2026IL00Yes
Dec 29, 2025KY00Yes
Dec 18, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 8, 2025IL01Yes
Dec 3, 2025IL00Yes