Carrier profile · USDOT 682245 · MC-318745 · Updated Jul 9, 2026

Cheval Transport Ltd

39 power unitsavg 7.3 yrMulti-region · 9 statesMORDEN, MB88/100

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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 11.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 26 vehicle and 61 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 18.7 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

55 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 5

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 39-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 39
Inspections · 24 mo: 61
Annualized: ≈31 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

40%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

38%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

46%

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 Driving48 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 7 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 26, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

2False logs

3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	1	1
2010	2	0	1	1
2008	1	0	0	1
2006	1	0	1	1
2004	1	0	0	1
2002	1	1	0	0
2001	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Feb 26, 2025	MN	0	0	Yes
Dec 28, 2021	MN	0	0	Yes
Feb 11, 2020	IL	0	0	Yes
Jan 15, 2018	WI	0	0	Yes
Mar 6, 2014	ND	0	1	Yes
Jun 8, 2010	ND	0	2	No
Feb 12, 2010	MN	0	0	Yes
Mar 20, 2008	ID	0	0	Yes
Feb 6, 2006	MN	0	1	Yes
Jan 8, 2004	ND	0	0	Yes
May 12, 2002	MN	1	0	No
Mar 22, 2001	WI	0	0	Yes