Central United Cooperative
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
8 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 2
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 195
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 8
- Annualized
- ≈4 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 172.516 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
- 172.602 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
- 393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 178.337 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
- 177.840 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
- 392.8 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 18 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 9 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2025 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 19, 2023 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2023 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 19, 2020 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 14, 2020 | MN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 30, 2019 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 29, 2018 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 4, 2015 | MN | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 8, 2010 | MN | 0 | 1 | Yes |