Carrier profile · USDOT 500737 · MC-257496 · Updated Jun 14, 2026

Panther Ii Transportation Inc

DBA PANTHER PREMIUM LOGISTICS

465 power unitsavg 4.8 yrNational · 47 statesMEDINA, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-257496 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 14.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 518 vehicle and 887 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.0% · 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 3.5 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

854 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 53

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 465-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
465
Inspections · 24 mo
888
Annualized
≈444 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

33%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
44%
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 Driving288 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance113 · 18 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance92 · 81 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance59 · 31 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance58 · 12 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance34 · 5 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance31 · 10 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

64ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
9False logs
15Drove over hours

Trending worse — 66% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 844 total · 30 in 24 mo

844
Total crashes
30
In last 24 mo
25
Fatal
320
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265005
2025230423
2024121612
20233301231
20223011029
20214121539
2020360736
20193811436
20183501632
20174831946
20165501753
20154021239
20144301540
20133111131
20123421432
2011250524
20103711335
20093321431
20083511434
20073501431
20064421936
2005271927
20042011320
2003160914
2002151711
200111088
200011079
199913189
19987127
19977146
19962002
19951010
19941010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 6, 2026IL00Yes
Feb 17, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 14, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 30, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 26, 2026TN00Yes
Dec 9, 2025TN01Yes
Oct 24, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 16, 2025FL00Yes
Oct 9, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 9, 2025VA00Yes
Oct 1, 2025AL00Yes
Sep 23, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 9, 2025AL00Yes
Aug 27, 2025GA00Yes
Aug 27, 2025GA00Yes
Aug 20, 2025MO00Yes
Jul 27, 2025IA01Yes
Jul 23, 2025NY00Yes
Jul 18, 2025TN00Yes
Jul 17, 2025TN00Yes
Jul 16, 2025IN00Yes
Jul 13, 2025AR00Yes
May 30, 2025NC01Yes
May 29, 2025TN00Yes
May 16, 2025PA00Yes