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KACTUS LOGISTICS LLC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 51.1% (24-mo)45 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.9% (24-mo)85 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%

030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

42.9% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 1.9 pts across the window — latest above the 22.26% national benchmark.

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈3.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 12
Inspections · 24 mo: 85
Annualized: ≈43 / yr
Coverage: ≈3.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

75%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

70%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

34%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

88%

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 Driving44
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 15 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 6 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 8 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 2 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 1 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9

ELD & hours-of-service

25 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 04/21/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues

3No log / no ELD

5False logs

9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 2 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year		Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025		2	0	0	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
08/12/2025	VA	0	0	Yes
07/30/2025	CO	0	0	Yes