Carrier profile · USDOT 1486505 · MC-559877 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

CHEEMA FREIGHTLINES LLC

452 power unitsavg 4.4 yrMulti-region · 12 statesPACIFIC, WA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-559877 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksteamcheema.comFMCSA SAFER

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 9.8%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 — 1,207 vehicle and 1,546 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.3% · 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 3.6 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

1,505 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 97

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
≈1.7 / 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
452
Inspections · 24 mo
1,552
Annualized
≈776 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
21%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
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 Driving270 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance107 · 94 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance66 · 30 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance58 · 21 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance58 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance43 · 14 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance40 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 19 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

83 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

62ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
8False logs
5Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 99 total · 29 in 24 mo

99
Total crashes
29
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
2025180418
2024171217
2023150415
20225015
20218108
20203003
20191011
20175015
20161001
20153013
20145115
20133003
20125115
20113023
20102012
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 31, 2026CA01Yes
Mar 14, 2026MT00Yes
Feb 16, 2026OR00Yes
Feb 7, 2026WA00Yes
Dec 17, 2025MT01Yes
Nov 26, 2025CA00Yes
Nov 14, 2025NV00Yes
Nov 4, 2025AZ01Yes
Oct 25, 2025TX02Yes
Sep 19, 2025OR00Yes
Aug 12, 2025CA00Yes
Aug 5, 2025WA00Yes
Jul 9, 2025CA01Yes
May 27, 2025OR00Yes
Apr 26, 2025OR00Yes
Apr 22, 2025OR00Yes
Apr 9, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 1, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 23, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 24, 2025OR00Yes
Feb 17, 2025AZ00Yes
Feb 1, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 27, 2024WA00Yes
Dec 7, 2024OR00Yes
Nov 21, 2024WA10Yes