Carrier profile · USDOT 462211 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

Colonial Electric Supply Co Inc

47 power unitsavg 3.8 yrRegional · 7 statesKING OF PRUSSIA, PA94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkscolonialelectric.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 8.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 59 vehicle and 91 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 3.6 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

86 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 47-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
47
Inspections · 24 mo
91
Annualized
≈46 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

20%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 141 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 21 total · 2 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251011
20233013
20222002
20211001
20182002
20162011
20122002
20101010
20081010
20071010
20061001
20032012
20001011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 19, 2026NJ00Yes
Aug 8, 2025PA01Yes
Dec 21, 2023PA00Yes
Mar 21, 2023PA01Yes
Feb 10, 2023NJ00Yes
Sep 8, 2022PA00Yes
Aug 1, 2022PA00Yes
Dec 27, 2021PA00Yes
Dec 5, 2018MD00Yes
Oct 23, 2018PA00Yes
Dec 7, 2016NJ00Yes
Sep 27, 2016DE01No
May 17, 2012PA00Yes
Mar 27, 2012PA00Yes
Aug 10, 2010PA01No
Feb 18, 2008PA01No
Jan 5, 2007PA01No
Aug 18, 2006PA00Yes
Sep 18, 2003PA00Yes
Aug 26, 2003PA01Yes
Aug 22, 2000DE01Yes