Carrier profile · USDOT 3589205 · MC-1215090 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

GRAY CARGO LLC

284 power unitsavg 3.6 yrNational · 35 statesCOLUMBUS, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1215090 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 16.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 119 vehicle and 217 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.4% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 13.3 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

214 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Oct '25 · 26

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 284-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
284
Inspections · 24 mo
217
Annualized
≈109 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
73%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
39%
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 Driving65 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 10 total · 9 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266106
20253013
20241011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 27, 2026AZ00Yes
May 31, 2026KY00Yes
Mar 12, 2026OR00Yes
Feb 10, 2026CO10Yes
Jan 22, 2026CO00Yes
Jan 15, 2026TX00Yes
Dec 9, 2025WA00Yes
Aug 12, 2025OH00Yes
Aug 10, 2025MO02Yes
Mar 24, 2024GA02Yes