Carrier profile · USDOT 3077362 · MC-64663 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

PHOENIX CARGO LLC

DBA PHOENIX CARGO

395 power unitsavg 5.9 yrNational · 43 statesCIRCLEVILLE, OH81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-64663 ACTIVE
Verified linksphoenixcargo.usFMCSA 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 31.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 236 vehicle and 522 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.6% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 7.6 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

519 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Jul '26 · 81

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 395-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
395
Inspections · 24 mo
522
Annualized
≈261 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

49%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
71%
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 Driving189 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance53 · 44 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance39 · 10 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 9 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 11 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 8 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

56 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

43ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
14False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 98% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 67 total · 35 in 24 mo

67
Total crashes
35
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026150413
2025180518
20248028
20231001
20226036
20217227
20209048
20191001
20182012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 14, 2026OH01Yes
Jun 29, 2026NJ00Yes
Jun 27, 2026VA00Yes
Jun 22, 2026MS02Yes
Jun 17, 2026MO00Yes
Jun 15, 2026LA00Yes
Jun 3, 2026TX01No
May 30, 2026GA00Yes
May 29, 2026FL00Yes
May 27, 2026IN00Yes
May 7, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 31, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 20, 2026FL01No
Feb 5, 2026AR00Yes
Jan 25, 2026TX00Yes
Dec 8, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 6, 2025MO00Yes
Nov 5, 2025LA00Yes
Nov 5, 2025LA00Yes
Nov 5, 2025LA00Yes
Nov 4, 2025NV01Yes
Oct 29, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 21, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 8, 2025VA00Yes
Sep 15, 2025TN01Yes