Carrier profile · USDOT 133275 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CERTCO INC

46 power unitsavg 5.4 yrLocal · 2 statesMADISON, WI88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY

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 9.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 18 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 26.7 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

17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 3

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 46-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
46
Inspections · 24 mo
18
Annualized
9 / yr
Coverage
0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

9%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent May 15, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 53 total · 5 in 24 mo

53
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253003
20241001
20233013
20221001
20212012
20201011
20193003
20183023
20173023
20161011
20151001
20141011
20133003
20123003
20112002
20103003
20091001
20081001
20062002
20051001
20041001
20032012
19993123
19964044
19941011
19922012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 5, 2026WI01Yes
Jun 3, 2025WI00Yes
May 22, 2025IA00Yes
Feb 12, 2025WI00Yes
Nov 26, 2024WI00Yes
May 7, 2023IL01Yes
Mar 31, 2023IL00Yes
Feb 17, 2023WI00Yes
Feb 4, 2022WI00Yes
Dec 28, 2021IL00Yes
Aug 23, 2021IL01Yes
Dec 1, 2020WI01Yes
Sep 27, 2019IL00Yes
May 3, 2019WI00Yes
Jan 12, 2019IL00Yes
Nov 15, 2018WI02Yes
Jul 5, 2018WI00Yes
Apr 18, 2018WI02Yes
Sep 21, 2017WI01Yes
Jun 28, 2017WI01Yes
Apr 19, 2017WI00Yes
Apr 13, 2016WI01Yes
Jan 9, 2015WI00Yes
Nov 22, 2014IL02Yes
Jun 21, 2013WI00Yes