Carrier profile · USDOT 36647 · MC-120430 · Updated Aug 9, 2026

Coastal Transport Company Inc

290 power unitsavg 7.2 yrRegional · 6 statesSAN ANTONIO, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-120430 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkscoastaltransport.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 7.4%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 — 593 vehicle and 610 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.5% · 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

600 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 42

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 290-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
290
Inspections · 24 mo
610
Annualized
≈305 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
5%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.03measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
31%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance97 · 21 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance67 · 14 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance56 · 12 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance52 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving50 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance26 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance19 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

11ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

5 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 696 total · 21 in 24 mo

696
Total crashes
21
In last 24 mo
29
Fatal
277
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264023
202513159
2024110310
2023131512
2022151415
2021132211
2020182716
2019220918
2018200718
2017230822
2016161316
2015211919
20149018
2013152614
2012130610
20112521022
2010190319
2009180618
2008170715
20072401124
20062211321
20053231330
20042521025
20033521232
2002250924
20014321542
20002611226
1999220922
1998180818
19972021120
19962612026
19953312032
1994301929
1993100210
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 3, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 16, 2026TX01No
Jan 24, 2026NM01Yes
Jan 24, 2026TX00Yes
Nov 16, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 2, 2025TX01No
Sep 24, 2025AZ00Yes
Aug 4, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 19, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 11, 2025TX01No
Jul 4, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 14, 2025TX01Yes
Jun 9, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 11, 2025TX10No
Mar 14, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 2, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 17, 2025TX01No
Oct 9, 2024CA01Yes
Sep 25, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 9, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 30, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 16, 2024TX00Yes
Jun 10, 2024TX00Yes
May 25, 2024TX00Yes
May 16, 2024TX00Yes