Carrier profile · USDOT 251441 · MC-178585 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

COOMES INC

31 power unitsavg 12.2 yrNational · 21 statesPHILLIPSBURG, KS81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-178585 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 25.0%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 — 32 vehicle and 58 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 39.7 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

54 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 5

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
0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 31-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
31
Inspections · 24 mo
58
Annualized
29 / yr
Coverage
0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
74%
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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
4False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 85 total · 3 in 24 mo

85
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
26
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20231001
20212012
20203003
20193003
20183013
20173103
20166025
20152002
20141001
20133013
20123003
20113003
20106035
20091001
20084014
20072002
20063003
20055024
20043023
20034034
20026136
20016106
20001011
19992021
19981010
19972011
19961001
19951010
19921001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 22, 2026CO00Yes
Apr 22, 2026CO00Yes
Jan 25, 2026TX01Yes
Mar 20, 2023CO00Yes
Jun 12, 2021MO00Yes
Feb 8, 2021KS02Yes
Nov 4, 2020TX00Yes
Oct 31, 2020IL00Yes
Jan 28, 2020AL00Yes
May 16, 2019KS00Yes
Mar 13, 2019KS00Yes
Jan 9, 2019AZ00Yes
Oct 11, 2018GA02Yes
Jul 18, 2018IA00Yes
Mar 5, 2018NE00Yes
Jul 19, 2017IN00Yes
Jun 13, 2017NE00Yes
Jun 11, 2017OK10Yes
Dec 4, 2016MO00Yes
Dec 4, 2016KS01No
Aug 19, 2016MI00Yes
Jun 9, 2016NE01Yes
Jun 6, 2016PA00Yes
Apr 7, 2016NE00Yes
Nov 2, 2015CO00Yes