Carrier profile · USDOT 155682 · Updated Aug 7, 2026

DS Services of America Inc

DBA PRIMO WATER NORTH AMERICA

2,452 power unitsavg 7.9 yrNational · 43 statesTAMPA, FL88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
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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 13.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 734 vehicle and 1,146 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.7% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

1,123 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 70

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 2,452-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
2,452
Inspections · 24 mo
1,146
Annualized
≈573 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
25%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
82%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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 Driving437 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance236 · 18 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance89 · 55 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance86 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving84 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance82 · 27 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance69 · 5 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance67 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance51 · 42 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance45 · 9 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

44 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 31, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

27ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
0False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 741 total · 77 in 24 mo

741
Total crashes
77
In last 24 mo
16
Fatal
272
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026110810
20254901546
20244031337
20233121028
20223101027
2021261924
20203601233
20194001437
20184201341
2017333931
20164701145
20153911333
20143301529
2013260625
20122601422
2011240623
2010201818
20092401024
20082711323
20072301319
2006230822
2005220919
20048058
2003141513
2002121512
20018137
20009158
19996056
19983023
19974013
19962002
19951011
19941010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 5, 2026NV04Yes
Jun 2, 2026CA01Yes
Jun 2, 2026CA01Yes
May 8, 2026LA00Yes
Apr 24, 2026FL00Yes
Apr 22, 2026NV01No
Feb 27, 2026PA01Yes
Feb 25, 2026IL01Yes
Feb 12, 2026FL01Yes
Feb 11, 2026PA00Yes
Feb 3, 2026NV01Yes
Dec 24, 2025VT00Yes
Dec 11, 2025TN01Yes
Dec 4, 2025CA00Yes
Nov 13, 2025CA01Yes
Nov 4, 2025CA00Yes
Nov 4, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 30, 2025LA00Yes
Oct 20, 2025NC00Yes
Oct 14, 2025VA00Yes
Oct 13, 2025KY01Yes
Sep 19, 2025OK00Yes
Sep 16, 2025GA01Yes
Aug 9, 2025CT00Yes
Aug 5, 2025CO00Yes