Carrier profile · USDOT 1864030 · MC-30245 · Updated Aug 16, 2026

Patriot Carriers Inc

56 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 22 statesBERRYVILLE, VA80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-30245 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 43.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 46 vehicle and 139 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.7% · 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 16.1 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

133 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 11

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 56-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
56
Inspections · 24 mo
139
Annualized
≈70 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
73%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
75%
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 Driving62 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 10 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 12 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 5 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

72 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

51ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
8False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 62 total · 13 in 24 mo

62
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
20253013
20247007
20237037
20224024
20214024
20203013
20195024
20171001
20165005
20151011
20146036
20134034
20124014
20114014
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 22, 2026PA00Yes
Apr 4, 2026FL01Yes
Mar 26, 2026IL00Yes
Feb 27, 2026VA00Yes
Nov 24, 2025VA01Yes
Nov 20, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 10, 2025NC00Yes
Nov 18, 2024GA00Yes
Nov 16, 2024NC00Yes
Oct 10, 2024NC00Yes
Oct 5, 2024VA00Yes
Sep 12, 2024PA00Yes
Aug 19, 2024GA00Yes
Apr 13, 2024MD00Yes
Oct 16, 2023GA00Yes
Oct 9, 2023TX00Yes
Oct 4, 2023GA00Yes
Jul 17, 2023MD01Yes
Jul 11, 2023NC01Yes
Mar 21, 2023TX00Yes
Jan 6, 2023TN01Yes
Oct 25, 2022VA01Yes
Sep 22, 2022NC01Yes
Sep 17, 2022MS00Yes
Aug 18, 2022PA00Yes