Carrier profile · USDOT 200059 · MC-157131 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Redwood Coast Trucking Inc

47 power unitsavg 6.3 yrLocal · 1 statesARCATA, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-157131 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 19.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 120 vehicle and 135 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.6% · 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

131 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 13

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 47-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
47
Inspections · 24 mo
135
Annualized
≈68 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

33%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance46 · 17 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 12 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving27 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance25 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 13, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 36 total · 1 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20231001
20225115
20212012
20203023
20191001
20183222
20171001
20162012
20152012
20141011
20121001
20072002
20062012
20052002
20031011
20023033
19913010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 17, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 3, 2023CA00Yes
Dec 6, 2022CA00Yes
Oct 18, 2022CA10Yes
Aug 10, 2022CA00Yes
Jul 12, 2022CA01Yes
Feb 17, 2022CA00Yes
Nov 23, 2021CA01Yes
Jun 9, 2021CA00Yes
Nov 9, 2020CA00Yes
Oct 14, 2020CA01Yes
Jun 18, 2020CA01Yes
Sep 4, 2019CA00Yes
Jul 30, 2018CA10Yes
Jun 21, 2018CA11No
Jun 8, 2018CA01Yes
May 3, 2017CA00Yes
May 14, 2016CA00Yes
Apr 28, 2016CA01Yes
Nov 4, 2015CA01Yes
Sep 11, 2015CA00Yes
Aug 4, 2014CA01Yes
Sep 12, 2012OR00Yes
Aug 16, 2007CA00Yes
Aug 10, 2007CA00Yes