CHEETAH TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LLC
USDOT 728400MC-Docket MC333555HOUSTON, TX
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CHEETAH TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LLC (USDOT 728400) in HOUSTON, TX — 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: $1,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are at or below the national roadside average.
- 1 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 5 times, most recent 2021-01-25 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- 1 other active carrier(s) operate from this exact street + ZIP. High counts are often legitimate registered-agent / virtual-office addresses — treat as context, not a verdict.
- 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. The Hazmat Compliance BASIC is also withheld for this hazmat carrier.
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 0.06
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.09
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.2
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 2.52
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
0
Injuries
1
Crashes
52
Inspections
10
OOS inspections
14
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 132
- Total drivers
- 42
- Years in business
- 28
- Hazmat authority
- Yes
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 1 of 1 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 1.7%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 19.3%
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
- 5 times last 2021-01-25
- Physical address
- 1 other carrier(s) at this address
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-02-27
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
107
Inspections
22
OOS inspections
138
Violations
31
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-05-31 → 2026-05-21.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-09-29
TX
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
62 | 16 | 2026-04-23 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
14 | 2 | 2025-08-27 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
6 | 3 | 2026-04-22 |
Hours of service 395
|
6 | 0 | 2024-05-08 |
General safety regulations 390
|
5 | 0 | 2026-02-06 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 172
|
3 | 1 | 2025-07-22 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 107
|
1 | 0 | 2025-07-22 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-cut exposing ply and/or belt material | — |
| 2025-10-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2025-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/defective brakes | — |
| 2025-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2025-09-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-front tread depth less than 4/32 of inch on a major tread groove | — |
| 2025-09-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inadequate brakes for safe stopping - Brake Lining condition | — |
| 2025-09-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Oil and/or Grease Leaking from hub - inner wheel | OOS |
| 2025-09-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
| 2025-09-11 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2025-09-11 | Unsafe Driving | Using or equipping a CMV with radar detector | — |
| 2025-09-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Insufficient tiedowns to prevent forward movement for load not blocked by headerboard bulkhead or other cargo | OOS |
| 2025-09-11 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD cannot transfer ELD records electronically | — |
| 2025-09-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2025-09-11 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to maintain instruction sheet for ELD malfunction reporting requirements | — |
| 2025-08-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2025-08-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required | — |
| 2025-08-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-07-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective automatic trailer brake | OOS |
| 2025-07-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2025-07-22 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | Failure to display ID Numbers when required | OOS |
| 2025-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective parking brake system on CMV | OOS |
| 2025-07-22 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | No or improper Packing Group listed | — |
| 2025-06-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective automatic trailer brake | OOS |
| 2025-06-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective automatic trailer brake | OOS |
| 2025-06-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-05-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/improper breakaway or emergency braking | OOS |
| 2025-05-05 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | Placard damaged deteriorated or obscured | — |
| 2025-03-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inadequate brakes for safe stopping - Brake Lining condition | — |
| 2025-03-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck Tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 not equipped with an antilock brake system | — |
| 2025-03-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Damaged securement system/tiedowns | OOS |
| 2025-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/improper breakaway or emergency braking | OOS |
| 2025-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required | — |
| 2025-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2024-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/Defective Hazard Warning Lamp | — |
| 2024-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2024-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2024-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2024-08-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle | OOS |
| 2024-08-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2024-07-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-07-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2024-05-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable tail lamp | OOS |
| 2024-05-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-05-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2024-05-08 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Motor carrier failed to ensure that the ELD automatically recorded the required data elements. | — |
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.
2026-04-23 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43D | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
2026-04-22 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
2026-04-15 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A4 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A4 | — | — |
2026-02-06 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21(a) | — | — |
2025-10-20 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
2025-10-08 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B | — | — |
2025-08-27 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
2025-08-20 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2025-08-13 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2025-07-30 2 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43D | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BOS | OOS | — |
2025-07-25 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21(a) | — | — |
2025-07-22 5 viols· 2 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 107 | 620B | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 202A4 | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 332A | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 41 | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2025-06-20 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43D | OOS | — |
2025-06-17 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43D | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
2025-05-27 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43 | OOS | — |
2025-05-05 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 516C6 | — | — |
2025-03-18 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C1 | — | — |
2025-03-05 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104B | OOS | — |
2024-07-18 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
2024-07-12 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(d) | — | — |
2024-05-15 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(a) | — | — |
2024-05-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 26(b) | — | — |
2024-03-20 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
2024-03-11 7 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(c) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104(f)(3) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
2024-01-02 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21T(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | — | — |
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