Carrier profile · USDOT 2326130 · MC-794107 · Updated Aug 7, 2026

Coastal Transport LLC

83 power unitsavg 3.2 yrMulti-region · 15 statesRICHFIELD, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-794107 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkscoastaldelivers.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 13.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 99 vehicle and 174 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.6% · 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

167 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 11

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 83-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
83
Inspections · 24 mo
175
Annualized
≈88 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
26%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
72%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
33%
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 Driving69 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 12 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 10 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
8False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 27 total · 8 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20256136
20245025
20231001
20223033
20212011
20201001
20193003
20182002
20172012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 22, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 1, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 8, 2025NM02Yes
Oct 5, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 3, 2025CA00Yes
Sep 7, 2025OK01Yes
Mar 13, 2025AZ55Yes
Jan 24, 2025CA00Yes
Jun 12, 2024OK01Yes
May 24, 2024MO01Yes
Feb 17, 2024AZ00Yes
Feb 1, 2024MI00Yes
Jan 22, 2024CA00Yes
May 6, 2023AZ00Yes
Jul 26, 2022PA01Yes
May 17, 2022CA01Yes
Feb 17, 2022MO01Yes
Dec 14, 2021IL01No
Feb 15, 2021IN00Yes
Jun 16, 2020CA00Yes
Dec 12, 2019AZ00Yes
May 10, 2019PA00Yes
Apr 13, 2019NM00Yes
Oct 19, 2018CA00Yes
Oct 13, 2018AZ00Yes