Carrier profile · USDOT 616877 · MC-294297 · Updated Jun 19, 2026

Pam Cartage Carriers LLC

516 power unitsavg 5 yrNational · 27 statesNORTH JACKSON, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-294297 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkspamt.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 14.2%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 — 703 vehicle and 945 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.6% · 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 5.4 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

932 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 59

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 516-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
516
Inspections · 24 mo
945
Annualized
≈473 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

60%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving249 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance125 · 91 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance94 · 38 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance71 · 12 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance35 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance26 · 12 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

64 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

53ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 595 total · 25 in 24 mo

595
Total crashes
25
In last 24 mo
18
Fatal
231
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267055
2025140512
2024130710
2023170216
2022231722
2021201219
2020272927
2019321831
20184911848
20173801338
20165522153
20152711026
20143301132
20132911229
20127126
20112012
2009100310
20089028
2007160715
2006211817
20051921118
200410129
20039157
2002130812
20011711113
2000171915
1999250922
1998100710
19977045
19961801218
19951001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 18, 2026NC03No
May 15, 2026TX01No
Apr 30, 2026TX01Yes
Mar 13, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 7, 2026PA01Yes
Mar 3, 2026TX01Yes
Feb 26, 2026AR00Yes
Dec 3, 2025GA01Yes
Nov 12, 2025IN01Yes
Nov 3, 2025MO00Yes
Oct 3, 2025TX01No
Jun 27, 2025AR00Yes
Jun 24, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 11, 2025AZ00Yes
Jun 2, 2025TX00Yes
May 2, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 6, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 3, 2025GA00Yes
Mar 12, 2025LA00Yes
Jan 25, 2025TX02No
Jan 11, 2025FL01Yes
Nov 28, 2024TX02Yes
Oct 17, 2024AZ01Yes
Sep 26, 2024KY00Yes
Sep 14, 2024TX00Yes