Carrier profile · USDOT 235211 · MC-179578 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Denver Cartage Company

13 power unitsavg 7.6 yrRegional · 4 statesCOMMERCE CITY, CO100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-179578 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksdenvercartage.comFMCSA SAFER

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 0.0%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 — 7 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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

15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 2

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 13-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
15
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
3%
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 Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 27, 2023. 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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 21 total · 0 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20202002
20171011
20133003
20091001
20081001
20051011
20041111
20012012
20002012
19991011
19983013
19923022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 8, 2020CO00Yes
Jul 17, 2020CO00Yes
Jul 13, 2017CO02Yes
Oct 31, 2013CO00Yes
Apr 9, 2013CO00Yes
Feb 11, 2013CO00Yes
Jan 23, 2009CO00Yes
Jan 30, 2008WY00Yes
Jan 4, 2005CO01Yes
Dec 16, 2004CO12Yes
Aug 9, 2001TX00Yes
Jan 31, 2001CO01Yes
Sep 1, 2000CO01Yes
May 1, 2000CO00Yes
Jul 28, 1999CO01Yes
Dec 28, 1998CO00Yes
Oct 30, 1998CO00Yes
Mar 19, 1998CO02Yes
Jun 17, 1992CO06Yes
May 7, 1992CO00No
Mar 13, 1992CO02Yes