Carrier profile · USDOT 1080260 · MC-438147 · Updated Jul 4, 2026

Patriot Logistics Inc

159 power unitsavg 11.2 yrMulti-region · 12 statesVALPARAISO, IN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-438147 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 84 vehicle and 131 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · 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 8.6 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

123 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 159-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
159
Inspections · 24 mo
131
Annualized
≈66 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

38%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
59%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
70%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
72%
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 Maintenance89 · 30 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving63 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance31 · 22 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance28 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 8 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

14ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
9False logs
0Drove over hours

6 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 199 total · 7 in 24 mo

199
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
86
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20255005
20242002
20236036
20224034
20214014
20209059
20196026
2018140614
20177037
20167065
20152022
20145025
20139148
20126134
201110159
20107046
20096026
2008120511
2007120512
2006150615
2005150314
2004181618
2003161916
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 25, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 23, 2026TX03Yes
Jun 9, 2025TX00Yes
May 13, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 5, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 1, 2025GA00Yes
Jan 9, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 8, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 30, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 20, 2023GA01Yes
May 22, 2023GA00Yes
Apr 26, 2023AR02Yes
Mar 16, 2023TX01Yes
Jan 31, 2023TX00Yes
Jan 13, 2023FL00Yes
Dec 15, 2022FL00Yes
Sep 8, 2022PA01Yes
Aug 8, 2022GA01Yes
Jun 17, 2022GA01Yes
Dec 20, 2021TX00Yes
Nov 23, 2021TX00Yes
Aug 9, 2021TX01Yes
Apr 16, 2021TX00Yes
Dec 31, 2020TX02Yes
Dec 30, 2020TX01Yes