Carrier profile · USDOT 1385753 · MC-527864 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Palmer Dedicated Logistics LLC

74 power unitsavg 7.3 yrMulti-region · 10 statesWESTFIELD, MA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-527864 ACTIVE
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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 5.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 58 vehicle and 138 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 5.6 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

132 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 12

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 74-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
74
Inspections · 24 mo
138
Annualized
≈69 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
11%
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 Driving59 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 376.11 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 28, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 4 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254014
20223013
20211001
20182012
20174014
20162022
20111001
20101011
20082022
20071010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 1, 2025MA00Yes
Aug 1, 2025MA00Yes
Mar 4, 2025MA03Yes
Feb 6, 2025MA00Yes
Apr 6, 2022MA01Yes
Jan 10, 2022NJ00Yes
Jan 3, 2022CT00Yes
Jul 16, 2021MA00Yes
Dec 18, 2018NY01Yes
Dec 3, 2018MA00Yes
Dec 26, 2017CT00Yes
Jun 8, 2017NY00Yes
Feb 16, 2017RI01Yes
Jan 25, 2017CT00Yes
Jul 26, 2016MA01Yes
Mar 18, 2016MA01Yes
Dec 16, 2011MA00Yes
Jul 29, 2010MA01Yes
Nov 25, 2008MD01Yes
Oct 22, 2008CT01Yes
Dec 7, 2007NY01No