Carrier profile · USDOT 154922 · MC-138543 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Cherokee Freight Lines Stockton LLC

238 power unitsavg 10.5 yrRegional · 6 statesSTOCKTON, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-138543 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 7.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 370 vehicle and 437 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.0% · 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 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

428 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 35

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 238-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
238
Inspections · 24 mo
437
Annualized
≈219 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

15%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
30%
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 Driving106 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance53 · 18 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance46 · 14 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 10 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 6 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

23ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 307 total · 13 in 24 mo

307
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
14
Fatal
100
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265024
20254014
20248028
20234024
20224034
2021111411
20209039
2019120412
2018101110
20177037
2016150615
2015140414
2014131313
2013141513
2012131513
20118038
2010100410
2009121212
2008171516
20078128
2006120112
2005150415
2004190418
20039259
2002152715
20014014
20008108
19997107
19988058
19972002
19961011
19951010
19931011
19923032
19914033
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 29, 2026CA00Yes
Apr 24, 2026AZ00Yes
Apr 21, 2026CA02Yes
Jan 28, 2026ID01No
Jan 15, 2026CA00Yes
Nov 21, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 13, 2025CA01Yes
Feb 4, 2025CA00Yes
Jan 31, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 30, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 10, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 25, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 25, 2024CA01Yes
Jul 11, 2024CA00Yes
May 8, 2024CA01Yes
Apr 16, 2024CA00Yes
Apr 11, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 11, 2023CA01Yes
Apr 28, 2023WA01Yes
Apr 3, 2023CA00Yes
Jan 26, 2023CA00Yes
Dec 27, 2022CA02Yes
Jul 21, 2022CA01Yes
Mar 22, 2022CA00Yes
Mar 2, 2022CA02Yes