Carrier profile · USDOT 1376496 · MC-525362 · Updated Jun 19, 2026

CPL Express Inc

12 power unitsavg 13 yrLocal · 2 statesSANTA FE SPRINGS, CA87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-525362 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

12Power units

17 observed · MCS-150

32Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

13.0Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(310) 418-9008 Email dispatchchris@cplexpress.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 19, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average22.9% vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes4 crashes involving injuries are on 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 21 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2005.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

12 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

13 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

21 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2005 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

55 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 22.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 48 vehicle and 51 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.7% · 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 23.6 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

53 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 7

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 12
Inspections · 24 mo: 55
Annualized: ≈28 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.3 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 6 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving18 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 7 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 9 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

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 ’26 · 10 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Sua’07–’09

Williamsburg National’09–’18

State National’18–’20

Harco National’21–’23

2005201120172023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · BRICKTOWN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jan 2026

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2025 → Jan 2026	$750K	1
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2024 → Jan 2025	$750K	1
SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2023 → Dec 2024	$750K	1
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2021 → Jan 2023	$750K	1
WILLIAMSBURG NATIONAL INS CO.	Jan 2020 → Jan 2021	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Jan 2018 → Jan 2020	$750K	1
WILLIAMSBURG NATIONAL INS CO.	Jan 2009 → Jan 2018	$750K	3
SUA INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2007 → Jan 2009	$750K	2
SPECIALTY UNDERWRITERS ALLIANCE	Jan 2007 → Jan 2007	$750K	1
CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.	Jan 2007 → Feb 2007	$750K	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	May 2005 → Jan 2007	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 12
Observed power (24 mo): 17
Trailers (towed): 32

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

13.0 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

61.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

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

Home base

SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA

10715 SPRINGDALE AVENUE #5

Top corridor

CA 50 · AZ 5

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: 1 truck 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 4258123Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (19 trucks · 13 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3817117 USDOT 4258123 USDOT 3460171 USDOT 2369633 USDOT 4291023 USDOT 599163 USDOT 251898 USDOT 3107490

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 10715 SPRINGDALE AVENUE #5, SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA, 90670
Mailing address: 5904-A WARNER AVE #263, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA, 92649
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (310) 418-9008
Email: chris@cplexpress.com
Web domain: cplexpress.com

Registration

Officer: Christopher Peregrine Lewis
USDOT / docket: 1376496 · MC-525362
First registered: May 25, 2005
Last MCS-150: Jul 7, 2025 · 954,675 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 1.47
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

954,675

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 CPL EXPRESS INC.

CPL EXPRESS INC (USDOT 1376496) has a Vektor safety score of 87/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 19, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 19, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from BRICKTOWN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jan 13, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 19, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 22.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 19, 2026.

The carrier received 55 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 48 vehicle-level and 51 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 19, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 19, 2026.

It reports 12 power units and 14 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 7, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 19, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CPL EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

CPL EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 1376496, and its motor carrier number is MC-525362.

Is CPL EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 19, 2026, CPL EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is CPL EXPRESS INC's safety record?

CPL EXPRESS INC has a 22.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 108 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 87/100 (tier: clear).

How big is CPL EXPRESS INC's fleet?

CPL EXPRESS INC operates 12 power units and 14 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is CPL EXPRESS INC based?

CPL EXPRESS INC is based in SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA, with roadside inspections recorded across 2 states.

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