Carrier profile · USDOT 2556023 · MC-39849 · Updated Aug 7, 2026

Panther Trucking LLC

49 power unitsavg 17.1 yrRegional · 5 statesMIDLAND, TX87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-39849 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkspanthertrucking.netFMCSA 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 25.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 59 vehicle and 65 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.4% · 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 13.6 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

65 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 9

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 49-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
49
Inspections · 24 mo
65
Annualized
≈33 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
71%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance37 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 2 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20242020
20232012
20212022
20203013
20193003
20181001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 25, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 12, 2026TX00Yes
Jul 18, 2024TX01No
Jul 3, 2024TX01No
May 19, 2023TX01Yes
Feb 11, 2023TX00Yes
Nov 18, 2021TX02Yes
Apr 3, 2021TX01Yes
Aug 27, 2020TX01Yes
Feb 4, 2020TX00Yes
Jan 25, 2020TX00Yes
Oct 9, 2019TX00Yes
Jul 1, 2019TX00Yes
Jun 11, 2019TX00Yes
Aug 3, 2018TX00Yes