Carrier profile · USDOT 1188157 · MC-345452 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Cothern Transportation Inc

10 power unitsavg 14.9 yrMulti-region · 9 statesDRIPPING SPRINGS, TX75/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-345452 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

10Power units

16 observed · MCS-150

12Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

14.9Avg age (yr)

1997–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(512) 858-1477 Email dispatchctiadmin@austin.rr.com

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

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Vehicle out-of-service rate above average23.5% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average7.4% vs the 6.7% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 23 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2003.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo23.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo23.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

10 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

14.9 yr

Model years 1997–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

22 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2003 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

27 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 23.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 7.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 27 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 3.7 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 4

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 10-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 10
Inspections · 24 mo: 27
Annualized: ≈14 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 2 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’16 · 2 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Northland’03–’06

Sentry Select’06–now

2003200920152021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 2 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY · since Dec 2016

All 2 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2006 → Dec 2016	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2003 → Dec 2006	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 10
Observed power (24 mo): 16
Trailers (towed): 12

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

14.9 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

57.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 9 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TX busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

DRIPPING SPRINGS, TX

1007 CANYON BEND DRIVE

Top corridor

TX 10 · GA 4 · AR 3

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 3 trucks also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4112711Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (13 trucks · 12 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2108672 USDOT 2929159 USDOT 1007384 USDOT 4112711 USDOT 2036918 USDOT 3518735 USDOT 2263816 USDOT 4447077

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@austin.rr.com — 93 carriers: USDOT 401098 USDOT 592189 USDOT 594484 USDOT 605583 USDOT 607224 USDOT 885143 USDOT 978057 USDOT 1042623

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1007 CANYON BEND DRIVE, DRIPPING SPRINGS, TX, 78620
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (512) 858-1477
Email: ctiadmin@austin.rr.com

Registration

Officers: Kathryn M Cothern · Steven G Cothern
USDOT / docket: 1188157 · MC-345452
First registered: Nov 19, 2003
Last MCS-150: Oct 15, 2025 · 396,875 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 4.08
D-U-N-S: 93079502

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

396,875

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for COTHERN TRANSPORTATION INC.

COTHERN TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 1188157) has a Vektor safety score of 75/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY effective Dec 11, 2016 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 23.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 27 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 17 vehicle-level and 27 driver-level — across 9 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 10 power units and 10 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 15, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is COTHERN TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

COTHERN TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 1188157, and its motor carrier number is MC-345452.

Is COTHERN TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, COTHERN TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is COTHERN TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

COTHERN TRANSPORTATION INC has a 23.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 39 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 75/100 (tier: review).

How big is COTHERN TRANSPORTATION INC's fleet?

COTHERN TRANSPORTATION INC operates 10 power units and 10 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is COTHERN TRANSPORTATION INC based?

COTHERN TRANSPORTATION INC is based in DRIPPING SPRINGS, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 9 states.

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