Carrier profile · USDOT 1412946 · MC-834365 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Pal Transport Corp

6 power unitsavg 6.8 yrLocal · 2 statesNEW BALTIMORE, MI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-834365 ACTIVERATED 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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 41.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 2

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 6-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
6
Inspections · 24 mo
12
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
77%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
35%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
Vehicle Maintenance
1.6measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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.

  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness6 · 3 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 390.3 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 17 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 21 total · 0 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20233003
20211001
20192012
20171011
20161001
20155025
20141011
20123013
20073013
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 23, 2023MI00Yes
Mar 12, 2023MI00Yes
Feb 10, 2023OH00Yes
Nov 12, 2021MI00Yes
May 9, 2019MI02Yes
Feb 11, 2019MI00Yes
Jul 25, 2017MI01Yes
Nov 12, 2016MI00Yes
Sep 18, 2015MI00Yes
Apr 30, 2015MI02Yes
Feb 8, 2015MI01Yes
Jan 26, 2015MI00Yes
Jan 1, 2015MI00Yes
Jul 11, 2014MI01Yes
Aug 28, 2012MI02Yes
Apr 12, 2012MI00Yes
Jan 9, 2012MI00Yes
Aug 29, 2007MI01Yes
Jul 13, 2007MI00Yes
Apr 27, 2007MI00Yes
Oct 5, 2005MI00Yes