Carrier profile · USDOT 508436 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

PANHANDLE GRADING & PAVING INC

25 power unitsavg 7.2 yrLocal · 1 statesPENSACOLA, FL74/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 66.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 77 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

75.0% · 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 48.8 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

77 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 10

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

≈1.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 25-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 25
Inspections · 24 mo: 77
Annualized: ≈39 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

26%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

51%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

11%

Controlled Substances

Vektor peer est.

92%

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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.7 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 103 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 20 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2024	1	0	1	1
2019	2	0	1	2
2018	2	0	1	2
2015	1	0	1	1
2014	1	0	1	1
2013	5	0	3	4
2011	4	2	3	4
2010	1	0	1	1
2002	1	1	1	1
1997	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jan 30, 2025	FL	0	0	Yes
Nov 21, 2024	FL	0	1	Yes
Dec 4, 2019	FL	0	0	Yes
Oct 4, 2019	FL	0	4	Yes
Sep 18, 2018	FL	0	0	Yes
Aug 20, 2018	FL	0	1	Yes
May 8, 2015	FL	0	1	Yes
Aug 19, 2014	FL	0	2	Yes
Oct 21, 2013	FL	0	0	Yes
May 8, 2013	FL	0	4	Yes
May 6, 2013	FL	0	0	Yes
May 1, 2013	FL	0	1	No
Feb 1, 2013	FL	0	1	Yes
Nov 18, 2011	FL	1	1	Yes
Oct 27, 2011	FL	0	0	Yes
Sep 7, 2011	FL	0	1	Yes
Aug 16, 2011	FL	1	1	Yes
Nov 10, 2010	FL	0	1	Yes
Jan 28, 2002	FL	1	2	Yes
Apr 23, 1997	FL	0	1	Yes