Carrier profile · USDOT 1285259 · MC-497644 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Van Dyk Tank Lines Inc

DBA COOL TRANSPORTS

0 power unitsavg 9.4 yrRegional · 5 statesCOLTON, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-497644 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 14.8%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 — 202 vehicle and 143 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.1% · 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 2.0 pts 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

197 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 23

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

6%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
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 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance24 · 8 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance20 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 180.415 Other violationOther8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 3, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
7False logs
6Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 51 total · 4 in 24 mo

51
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254014
20246026
20236116
20221001
20215025
20203003
20194004
20171001
20164024
20153122
20141011
20131011
20112002
20101011
20082012
20073013
20062012
20052012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 11, 2025CA00Yes
Aug 29, 2025CA00Yes
May 4, 2025CA01Yes
Mar 14, 2025CA00Yes
Aug 8, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 11, 2024CA00Yes
Jun 5, 2024CA00Yes
Apr 2, 2024CA01Yes
Mar 16, 2024CA00Yes
Mar 16, 2024CA01Yes
Dec 9, 2023CA02Yes
Nov 18, 2023CA10Yes
Oct 19, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 26, 2023CA00Yes
Feb 15, 2023CA00Yes
Jan 15, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 10, 2022CA00Yes
Nov 11, 2021CA00Yes
Oct 8, 2021CA00Yes
Aug 26, 2021CA04Yes
Aug 18, 2021CA01Yes
Jul 20, 2021CA00Yes
Nov 27, 2020CA00Yes
Oct 18, 2020CA00Yes
Mar 24, 2020CA00Yes