Carrier profile · USDOT 104701 · MC-106119 · Updated Jun 14, 2026

Associated Petroleum Carriers Inc

234 power unitsavg 9.7 yrMulti-region · 12 statesSPARTANBURG, SC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-106119 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 15.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 440 vehicle and 523 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.4% · 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 6.3 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

512 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 37

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 234-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
234
Inspections · 24 mo
523
Annualized
≈262 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

45%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
13%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
38%
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 Driving118 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance82 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance72 · 15 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance70 · 15 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance53 · 38 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance40 · 36 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance39 · 37 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

34 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 189 total · 17 in 24 mo

189
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
92
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266006
20258128
20247116
2023100410
2022100310
20216016
20204014
20197037
20188068
2017110511
20168278
20156016
20145124
20134024
20124014
20114124
201011168
20094033
20085043
20071011
20064044
20055014
20043012
20034031
20025042
20019069
20007045
1999100710
19982011
19973013
19963023
19952011
19943121
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 14, 2026NC00Yes
Jun 2, 2026GA00Yes
May 6, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 26, 2026SC00Yes
Feb 4, 2026SC00Yes
Jan 18, 2026GA00Yes
Sep 26, 2025AL00Yes
Aug 21, 2025SC00Yes
Aug 12, 2025NC10Yes
May 27, 2025FL00Yes
Apr 4, 2025GA01Yes
Apr 2, 2025FL01Yes
Jan 29, 2025SC00Yes
Jan 8, 2025SC00Yes
Oct 30, 2024SC00Yes
Oct 23, 2024GA00Yes
Sep 23, 2024FL10No
Aug 4, 2024SC00Yes
Jul 16, 2024SC01Yes
May 28, 2024SC00Yes
Apr 9, 2024TN00Yes
Nov 9, 2023NC02Yes
Sep 22, 2023SC00Yes
Aug 18, 2023GA00Yes
May 10, 2023NC00Yes