Carrier profile · USDOT 679819 · MC-312506 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CRITTER EXPRESS INC

4 power unitsavg 22.3 yrLocal · 2 statesPITKIN, LA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-312506 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 33.3%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 — 3 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 1

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 4-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 4
Inspections · 24 mo: 6
Annualized: ≈3 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

15%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

9.66measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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.

393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 20 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	1	1
2015	2	0	0	2
2012	1	0	0	1
2009	1	0	0	1
2008	1	0	0	1
2004	3	0	3	2
2003	2	0	1	2
2002	2	0	1	1
2001	1	0	0	1
2000	2	1	2	2
1999	2	0	1	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Aug 23, 2025	LA	0	0	Yes
Jan 26, 2021	TX	0	0	Yes
Nov 23, 2020	TX	0	1	Yes
Oct 12, 2015	LA	0	0	Yes
Jul 20, 2015	LA	0	0	Yes
Dec 5, 2012	LA	0	0	Yes
Feb 2, 2009	TX	0	0	Yes
Jan 26, 2008	AL	0	0	Yes
Dec 15, 2004	IL	0	1	No
Aug 23, 2004	NC	0	1	Yes
Jan 15, 2004	TX	0	1	Yes
Jul 7, 2003	FL	0	9	Yes
Mar 7, 2003	TX	0	0	Yes
Sep 16, 2002	LA	0	1	No
Jun 29, 2002	TX	0	0	Yes
Feb 8, 2001	TX	0	0	Yes
Aug 19, 2000	MS	1	1	Yes
Mar 28, 2000	AL	0	2	Yes
Sep 30, 1999	SC	0	0	Yes
Jul 29, 1999	FL	0	1	Yes