Cottrell Truck Lines Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 5
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 41
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 26
- Annualized
- ≈13 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 71 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2025 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 30, 2024 | CT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 17, 2024 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 22, 2024 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 13, 2024 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 22, 2023 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 13, 2023 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 28, 2022 | NY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 28, 2021 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2021 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 13, 2021 | RI | 1 | 0 | No |
| Nov 4, 2019 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2019 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2019 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 20, 2018 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 5, 2018 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2018 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 13, 2017 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2017 | CT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 6, 2017 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 13, 2016 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 1, 2016 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 31, 2016 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2016 | ME | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2015 | CT | 0 | 1 | Yes |