Carrier profile · USDOT 457780 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Palmer Trucks Inc

DBA PALMER LEASING GROUP

89 power unitsavg 6.8 yrLocal · 2 statesINDIANAPOLIS, IN100/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linkspalmertrucks.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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 5 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 33.3 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 1

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
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 89-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
89
Inspections · 24 mo
5
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

1%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
1.33measure
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 11 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 35 total · 0 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20233013
20211001
20191001
20131101
20092002
20075005
20063022
20052012
20033003
20026053
20001011
19992202
19952012
19933003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 12, 2023OH01Yes
May 3, 2023OH00Yes
Mar 2, 2023IN00Yes
Sep 2, 2021IN00Yes
Sep 30, 2019IN00Yes
Apr 6, 2013IN10Yes
Jun 6, 2009IN00Yes
Apr 18, 2009TN00Yes
Aug 9, 2007IL00Yes
Aug 9, 2007IL00Yes
Jun 19, 2007IN00Yes
Mar 19, 2007IL00Yes
Feb 4, 2007IN00Yes
Nov 15, 2006NE00Yes
Jun 2, 2006OH02No
Jan 14, 2006TN01Yes
Jun 9, 2005MI00Yes
Feb 28, 2005CA01Yes
Jul 11, 2003IN00Yes
May 22, 2003IN00Yes
Feb 4, 2003IL00Yes
Dec 2, 2002OH04No
Sep 15, 2002IN00Yes
Sep 2, 2002IN01No
Jun 18, 2002IL01Yes