Carrier profile · USDOT 859115 · MC-380631 · Updated Aug 7, 2026

Coastal Carriers Truck Lines LLC

147 power unitsavg 3.3 yrNational · 37 statesTROY, MO88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-380631 ACTIVE
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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 17.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 132 vehicle and 295 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.0% · 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 12.2 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

288 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 18

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 147-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
147
Inspections · 24 mo
295
Annualized
≈148 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
68%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
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 Driving97 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance30 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance17 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 16 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

75 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 31, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

49ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
8False logs
17Drove over hours

Trending worse — 65% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 66 total · 12 in 24 mo

66
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262112
20257017
20247007
20233013
20221001
20214004
20203013
20197007
20187017
20175015
20161011
20152012
20141101
20134014
20122012
20114024
20083013
20061001
20051011
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 16, 2026MO00Yes
Mar 19, 2026MO13Yes
Dec 8, 2025MO00Yes
Nov 25, 2025TN00Yes
Sep 12, 2025MO01Yes
Aug 21, 2025OH00Yes
Jun 4, 2025KS00Yes
Apr 7, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 22, 2025SC00Yes
Nov 15, 2024IN00Yes
Nov 6, 2024MO00Yes
Oct 14, 2024MD00Yes
May 28, 2024CA00Yes
May 25, 2024OH00Yes
May 19, 2024CA00Yes
Mar 20, 2024MO00Yes
Oct 25, 2023WY00Yes
Aug 4, 2023MO01Yes
Feb 21, 2023VA00Yes
Nov 21, 2022WY00Yes
Nov 23, 2021IL00Yes
Nov 16, 2021MO00Yes
Oct 28, 2021MO00Yes
Jun 5, 2021VA00Yes
Sep 14, 2020MD00Yes