CBUS FREIGHT INC
USDOT 3036941MC-Docket MC042558COLUMBUS, OH
Review before tendering12 power units
CBUS FREIGHT INC (USDOT 3036941) in COLUMBUS, OH — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- BASIC alert flagged in: Controlled Substance.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 3 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 6 times, most recent 2026-01-02 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2025-08-05 (C).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 6.45
Hours of service
No alert
measure 2.07
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.62
Controlled substance
ALERT
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 8.37
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
2
Injuries
3
Crashes
48
Inspections
10
OOS inspections
13
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 12
- Total drivers
- 12
- Years in business
- 9
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 3 of 3 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 6%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 31.8%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 6 times last 2026-01-02
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-12-15
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2025-08-05 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
66
Inspections
13
OOS inspections
125
Violations
18
OOS violations
1
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-08 → 2026-03-17.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2024-12-11
OH
Tow-away
2024-06-25
OH
Tow-away
2024-06-15
IN
2 injuredTow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Hours of service 395
|
41 | 1 | 2025-12-08 |
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
36 | 10 | 2026-03-17 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
23 | 0 | 2025-12-16 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
4 | 3 | 2025-10-13 |
CDL standards 383
|
2 | 1 | 2025-12-08 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 1 | 2024-10-15 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others 75% of the tread width is loose/missing in excess of 12 inches of circumference | OOS |
| 2026-03-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2025-12-08 | Driver Fitness | Restriction - (CDL) - Operate a CMV in violation of a restriction | OOS |
| 2025-12-08 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the curr | — |
| 2025-11-10 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. | OOS |
| 2025-10-24 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-10-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Inoperative other than a steering axle | — |
| 2025-10-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Missing/broken component(s) | — |
| 2025-10-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Audible air leak from a brake chamber | — |
| 2025-10-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2025-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) fail to operate on low and high beam | — |
| 2025-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Inadequate lining/pad thickness | — |
| 2025-10-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-10-07 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-09-19 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-09-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the curr | — |
| 2025-09-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 11 hour driving limit in a 14-hour period. (Property carrying vehicle) - Nominal Violation | — |
| 2025-08-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both missing when required to be on. | OOS |
| 2025-08-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Any missing. | — |
| 2025-07-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 11 hour driving limit. (Property Carrying Vehicle) | — |
| 2025-07-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2025-06-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 8 hour driving limit since the end of the last on duty off duty or sleeper berth period of at least 30 co | — |
| 2025-06-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2025-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable tail lamp | — |
| 2025-04-13 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2025-02-25 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Following too closely | — |
| 2025-02-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-01-28 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - A portable ELD is not mounted in a fixed position and visible to the driver when seated in the normal drivin | — |
| 2024-12-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/defective brakes | — |
| 2024-12-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Upper Rear retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflecting material requirements for vehicles manufactured after December | — |
| 2024-12-11 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2024-12-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2024-12-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2024-11-20 | Driver Fitness | License (CDL) - Operate a CMV and does not possess a valid CDL | OOS |
| 2024-11-20 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | OOS |
| 2024-11-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2024-11-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2024-11-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2024-11-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Vehicle components or dunnage not secured | OOS |
| 2024-11-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor lower rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2024-10-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Motor carrier coerced a driver to make a false certification of the driver's data entries or record of duty | — |
| 2024-10-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the current 8 consecutive day | — |
| 2024-10-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the curr | — |
| 2024-10-29 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2024-10-24 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-10-22 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Form) - Paper Log/Logging Programs Form and Manner | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-03-17 2 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A2-TAOTLM | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLIWR | OOS | — |
2025-12-16 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2025-12-08 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 95A-LCDL | OOS | — |
2025-11-10 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16-D | — | — |
2025-10-24 5 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLIWR | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
2025-10-13 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BMBCBD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BIBD | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BALAC | — | — |
2025-10-08 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47D2-BLTBD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-HLLH | — | — |
2025-10-07 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
2025-09-19 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS4 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3-HOSPRNP | — | — |
2025-08-22 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LSLM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LSLMWR | OOS | — |
2025-07-24 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3-PROP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
2025-06-09 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3AII | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
2025-05-23 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9H | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9T | — | — |
2025-04-13 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8D2-HOSF | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8D3-HOSF | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8D11-HOSF | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8D10-HOSF | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16-D | — | — |
2025-02-25 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLFC | — | — |
2025-02-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
2025-01-28 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTL | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22G-ELDMFV | — | — |
2024-12-13 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11UR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9BRKLAMP | OOS | Not Guilty/Dismissed |
2024-12-11 8 violsPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LHWS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LHLM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LFTSM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203E-CBP | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BALR | OOS | — |
2024-12-09 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
2024-10-29 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30E-ELDMCCD | — | — |
2024-10-24 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2024-10-22 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
2024-10-15 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203E-CBP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B5-LNCDLNVL | OOS | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 71H | — | — |
2024-09-23 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIP | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
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