Palmetto Transport Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
48 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 5
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 92
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 51
- Annualized
- ≈26 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving22 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 3 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.51 Brake warning devicesVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
37 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 70% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 71 total · 8 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 11, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 8, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2024 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 12, 2024 | FL | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| May 17, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 18, 2023 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2023 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2023 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 10, 2023 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 22, 2023 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 2023 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2022 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 24, 2022 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 14, 2022 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2022 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 20, 2021 | GA | 1 | 4 | Yes |
| Dec 20, 2021 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |