Carrier profile · USDOT 1079145 · MC-417758 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Pacific Tank Lines Inc

19 power unitsavg 12.4 yrLocal · 2 statesRIVERSIDE, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-417758 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkspacifictanklines.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 9.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 213 vehicle and 161 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.4% · 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 4.3 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

201 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 19

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈5.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
19
Inspections · 24 mo
215
Annualized
≈108 / yr
Coverage
≈5.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

34%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
43%
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 Driving54 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance38 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance28 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 8 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 180.415 Other violationOther8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

4 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 97 total · 6 in 24 mo

97
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
28
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263122
20253022
20241001
20232002
20225005
20211001
20202022
20194014
2018120212
20178028
20167037
20157027
20141001
20137017
20125025
20113003
20103003
20095025
20083023
20072022
20063013
20055024
20043003
20031001
20021001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 21, 2026CA02Yes
Mar 8, 2026CA01Yes
Feb 6, 2026CA10No
Apr 26, 2025CA04Yes
Feb 14, 2025CA01No
Feb 7, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 2, 2024CA00Yes
Nov 17, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 28, 2023CA00Yes
Nov 2, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 29, 2022CA00Yes
Mar 6, 2022CA00Yes
Mar 4, 2022CA00Yes
Feb 16, 2022CA00Yes
Jan 31, 2021CA00Yes
Sep 29, 2020CA01Yes
Jul 25, 2020CA02Yes
Jun 11, 2019CA01Yes
May 11, 2019CA00Yes
Apr 2, 2019CA00Yes
Mar 2, 2019CA00Yes
Nov 17, 2018CA00Yes
Nov 1, 2018NV00Yes
Sep 9, 2018CA00Yes
Aug 21, 2018CA00Yes