Carrier profile · USDOT 1278955 · MC-444584 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Cooley Transport Inc

135 power unitsavg 7.7 yrNational · 29 statesTUPELO, MS74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-444584 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 35.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 117 vehicle and 261 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

32.6% · 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 18.0 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

254 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 22

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 135-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
135
Inspections · 24 mo
261
Annualized
131 / yr
Coverage
1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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 Driving78 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance34 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance34 · 31 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

88 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

62ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
2False logs
14Drove over hours

Trending worse — 55% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 81 total · 7 in 24 mo

81
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
28
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20252012
20245005
20239019
20225045
20214024
20205025
20195034
20186125
20174014
20167037
20155125
20142012
20131001
20124124
20114014
20103013
20071001
20061011
20053013
20043003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 6, 2026AL00Yes
Mar 26, 2026AL00Yes
Sep 22, 2025OH01Yes
Jan 15, 2025NY00Yes
Nov 1, 2024MS00Yes
Oct 1, 2024AL00Yes
Sep 6, 2024AL00Yes
Mar 22, 2024MS00Yes
Jan 28, 2024VA00Yes
Dec 4, 2023KY00Yes
Oct 27, 2023TN00Yes
Sep 14, 2023WI00Yes
Jun 29, 2023PA00Yes
Jun 28, 2023AL00Yes
May 1, 2023MS01Yes
Apr 7, 2023AL00Yes
Feb 27, 2023MS00Yes
Feb 24, 2023MS00Yes
Nov 8, 2022GA00Yes
Jun 29, 2022AL01Yes
Apr 9, 2022MO01Yes
Feb 3, 2022MS01Yes
Jan 6, 2022KY01Yes
Sep 20, 2021MS00Yes
May 13, 2021AL01Yes