Carrier profile · USDOT 3525693 · MC-1171879 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Cobra Inc

1 power unitavg 4.3 yrNational · 49 statesBURR RIDGE, IL63/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1171879 INACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 30.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 211 vehicle and 519 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.8% · 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 8.3 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

483 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 75

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈260.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
1
Inspections · 24 mo
520
Annualized
≈260 / yr
Coverage
≈260.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

99%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
68%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
57%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
98%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
69%
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 Driving247 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance77 · 56 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance38 · 14 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance37 · 9 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance23 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

30ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
7False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 30 total · 25 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
25
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2025100310
2024201820
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 30, 2025IA00Yes
Jun 10, 2025CT01Yes
Jun 5, 2025TX01Yes
Apr 18, 2025FL00Yes
Apr 3, 2025NC00Yes
Feb 28, 2025ND01Yes
Feb 7, 2025MT00Yes
Feb 5, 2025KS00Yes
Feb 1, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 17, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 17, 2024IL00Yes
Nov 27, 2024NC04Yes
Nov 19, 2024WY00Yes
Nov 5, 2024AR00Yes
Nov 4, 2024MN02Yes
Oct 22, 2024CO00Yes
Oct 21, 2024OR01Yes
Oct 12, 2024WY01Yes
Oct 7, 2024FL00Yes
Oct 2, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 16, 2024IL00Yes
Aug 27, 2024ID00Yes
Aug 14, 2024OH00Yes
Aug 13, 2024WA00Yes
Aug 12, 2024TX01Yes