Carrier profile · USDOT 517342 · MC-370618 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

PATUXENT MATERIAL INC

41 power unitsavg 6.6 yrRegional · 3 statesCROFTON, MD94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-370618 ACTIVE
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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 7.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 70 vehicle and 79 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 9.6 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

73 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 6

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 41-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
41
Inspections · 24 mo
79
Annualized
≈40 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

23%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
13%
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 137 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 38 total · 3 in 24 mo

38
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20252011
20232011
20212002
20201001
20183003
20161011
20151011
20143023
20122002
20111011
20101011
20091011
20082012
20062012
20052002
20042022
20032022
20022012
20011011
19971001
19961010
19952021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 27, 2026MD01No
Dec 15, 2025MD00Yes
Jun 10, 2025MD01No
May 23, 2023MD01No
Jan 20, 2023MD00Yes
Nov 23, 2021MD00Yes
Jan 27, 2021MD00Yes
Aug 18, 2020MD00Yes
Nov 1, 2018MD00Yes
Sep 7, 2018MD00Yes
Jul 31, 2018MD00Yes
Oct 31, 2016MD02Yes
Feb 4, 2015MD01Yes
Sep 30, 2014MD01Yes
Jul 22, 2014MD00Yes
Jan 20, 2014MD02Yes
Oct 17, 2012MD00Yes
Jul 9, 2012MD00Yes
Aug 16, 2011MD01Yes
Sep 13, 2010MD01Yes
Oct 27, 2009MD01Yes
Mar 26, 2008MD01Yes
Jan 26, 2008MD00Yes
Dec 13, 2006MD00Yes
Jan 24, 2006MD01Yes