Carrier profile · USDOT 1670204 · MC-613919 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Patriot Truck Lines LLC

10 power unitsavg 11.3 yrMulti-region · 8 statesBRUNDIDGE, AL50/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-613919 INACTIVERATED 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 60.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 17 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

63.6% · 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 18.7 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 4

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 10-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
10
Inspections · 24 mo
17
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

40%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
77%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
97%
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 Driving37 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 27 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

48 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 22, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

32ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
5False logs
5Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 23 total · 2 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20233023
20222002
20212012
20201001
20195025
20183013
20172002
20161001
20101001
20081111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 11, 2025AL00Yes
May 13, 2025SC00Yes
Nov 3, 2023TX01Yes
Oct 24, 2023AL02Yes
Apr 7, 2023MS00Yes
Nov 29, 2022FL00Yes
Sep 27, 2022FL00Yes
Nov 16, 2021GA02Yes
Mar 7, 2021AL00Yes
Jan 3, 2020AL00Yes
Aug 22, 2019AL01Yes
Jul 1, 2019AL00Yes
Mar 5, 2019FL01Yes
Feb 5, 2019AR00Yes
Jan 7, 2019AL00Yes
Jun 19, 2018AL01Yes
Jan 24, 2018TN00Yes
Jan 5, 2018AL00Yes
Jun 28, 2017AL00Yes
Mar 1, 2017AL00Yes
Jul 5, 2016AL00Yes
Apr 5, 2010AL00Yes
Dec 13, 2008AL11Yes