Carrier profile · USDOT 523167 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

City Line Distributors LLC

52 power unitsavg 3.6 yrRegional · 4 statesWEST HAVEN, CT94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkscitylinefoods.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 12.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 39 vehicle and 66 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.4% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

61 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 7

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 52-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
52
Inspections · 24 mo
66
Annualized
≈33 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

18%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
21%
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 Driving30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 116 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 33 total · 5 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20253013
20232012
20224004
20213023
20181010
20172012
20165014
20141001
20131001
20121001
20101011
20092012
20061001
20051001
20041001
19961010
19951001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 2, 2026CT00Yes
Mar 24, 2026CT02Yes
Sep 5, 2025IL00Yes
May 28, 2025RI00Yes
Apr 16, 2025MA01Yes
Oct 6, 2023CT00Yes
Aug 3, 2023CT01Yes
Nov 8, 2022CT00Yes
Jul 27, 2022MA00Yes
Mar 11, 2022CT00Yes
Jan 5, 2022CT00Yes
Oct 7, 2021CT01Yes
Jun 28, 2021NY00Yes
Apr 28, 2021CT01Yes
Aug 20, 2018CT01No
Mar 6, 2017CT00Yes
Jan 12, 2017MA01Yes
Nov 21, 2016CT00Yes
Oct 21, 2016CT00Yes
Oct 20, 2016CT00Yes
Apr 28, 2016CT01No
Mar 16, 2016CT00Yes
Jan 21, 2014CT00Yes
Jan 17, 2013CT00Yes
Jun 6, 2012RI00Yes