Carrier profile · USDOT 2453623 · MC-847465 ·

Cardinal Transportation Services LLC

16 power unitsavg 10.3 yrMulti-region · 8 statesLOUISVILLE, KY74/100
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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 63.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

80.0% · 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 27.5 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

21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 3

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.

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 16-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
16
Inspections · 24 mo
21
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
84%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
41%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
85%
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

21 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
1False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 10 total · 3 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252022
20232002
20192002
20181001
20161001
20151010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 19, 2026OH00Yes
Dec 28, 2025TN01Yes
Mar 12, 2025IN01Yes
Aug 23, 2023IN00Yes
Aug 1, 2023GA00Yes
Sep 9, 2019IN00Yes
Jan 8, 2019GA00Yes
May 10, 2018KY00Yes
Aug 19, 2016IN00Yes
May 22, 2015KY01No