Carrier profile · USDOT 2051219 · MC-762376 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

Patiala Express Inc

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45 power unitsavg 4 yrNational · 19 statesBAKERSFIELD, CA82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-762376 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 14.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 154 vehicle and 228 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 10.3 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

242 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 25

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
247
Annualized
≈124 / yr
Coverage
≈2.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

96%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
87%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
79%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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 Driving101 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 21 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 4 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance29 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance29 · 16 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 6 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

103 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

59ELD device issues
9No log / no ELD
11False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 68% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 47 total · 16 in 24 mo

47
Total crashes
16
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265025
20257117
20247027
20232112
20224004
20215015
20207026
20195015
20183003
20171001
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 26, 2026CA00Yes
Jun 23, 2026OH00Yes
Jun 14, 2026OH01Yes
Mar 1, 2026AZ00Yes
Jan 10, 2026TX01Yes
Dec 28, 2025NM11Yes
Nov 20, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 26, 2025AZ00Yes
Mar 30, 2025AZ00Yes
Feb 23, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 17, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 27, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 8, 2024PA01Yes
Nov 21, 2024NY01Yes
Oct 27, 2024AR00Yes
Sep 19, 2024AR00Yes
Jul 23, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 17, 2024AR00Yes
Jan 3, 2024OK00Yes
Nov 24, 2023FL01Yes
Jan 6, 2023CA10Yes
Dec 17, 2022NM00Yes
Sep 9, 2022CA00Yes
Mar 15, 2022CA00Yes
Feb 2, 2022TX00Yes