Carrier profile · USDOT 493936 · MC-255448 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Contact Cartage Inc

61 power unitsavg 10.8 yrLocal · 2 statesMINNEAPOLIS, MN87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-255448 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 30.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 14.2 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

15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 3

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 61-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
61
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

30%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
65%
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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.28 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 27 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 45 total · 2 in 24 mo

45
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251001
20241001
20233013
20224014
20212002
20202002
20193022
20183013
20172002
20162002
20151001
20141001
20103013
20093003
20081001
20075025
20051001
20041001
20032012
20021001
20002021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 28, 2026MN03Yes
Oct 23, 2025MN00Yes
Apr 30, 2024MN00Yes
Dec 12, 2023MN01Yes
Jul 10, 2023MN00Yes
Apr 3, 2023MN00Yes
Apr 11, 2022MN01Yes
Mar 4, 2022MN00Yes
Feb 24, 2022MN00Yes
Jan 26, 2022MN00Yes
Nov 9, 2021MN00Yes
Mar 3, 2021MN00Yes
Sep 25, 2020MN00Yes
Sep 1, 2020MN00Yes
Nov 21, 2019MN01No
Jul 10, 2019MN00Yes
Feb 7, 2019MN01Yes
Sep 5, 2018WI00Yes
May 15, 2018MN01Yes
Apr 2, 2018MN00Yes
Dec 22, 2017MN00Yes
Nov 3, 2017MN00Yes
Aug 4, 2016MN00Yes
Jun 10, 2016MN00Yes
Jun 24, 2015MN00Yes