Carrier profile · USDOT 331112 · MC-215945 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Cold Front Distribution LLC

DBA COLD FRONT

126 power unitsavg 2.1 yrNational · 16 statesSANTA FE, NM70/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-215945 STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkscoldfrontdist.comFMCSA SAFER

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 5.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 77 vehicle and 109 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.8% · 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 4.6 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

104 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 9

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 126-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
126
Inspections · 24 mo
109
Annualized
≈55 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

25%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
33%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
78%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
6%
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 Driving33 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 4 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 1 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving3 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

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

Crash history· 29 total · 3 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252011
20242002
20232002
20221001
20194004
20183023
20172022
20162002
20111001
20101111
20042012
20021001
20011001
20002002
19961001
19941001
19931011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 26, 2025MO01No
May 5, 2025MO00Yes
Sep 18, 2024TX00Yes
May 2, 2024CO00Yes
Oct 24, 2023MN00Yes
Feb 15, 2023SD00Yes
Jul 12, 2022CO00Yes
Oct 31, 2019WI00Yes
Jul 2, 2019WY00Yes
Mar 4, 2019CO00Yes
Jan 4, 2019TX00Yes
Nov 15, 2018NM013Yes
Oct 11, 2018MN00Yes
Mar 7, 2018CO01Yes
Aug 14, 2017TX01Yes
Jun 12, 2017WI01Yes
Jun 29, 2016MO00Yes
Jan 28, 2016TX00Yes
Jul 26, 2011TX00Yes
Aug 3, 2010NM11Yes
Oct 11, 2004TX00Yes
Feb 13, 2004TX01Yes
May 30, 2002TX00Yes
Aug 16, 2001TX00Yes
May 31, 2000TX00Yes