Carrier profile · USDOT 1082105 · MC-449259 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Paul Transportation Inc

305 power unitsavg 6.9 yrNational · 37 statesTULSA, OK81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-449259 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 22.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 414 vehicle and 649 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.9% · 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 4.5 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

634 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 43

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 305-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
305
Inspections · 24 mo
650
Annualized
≈325 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
72%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
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 Driving180 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance98 · 29 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance72 · 53 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance60 · 9 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance56 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance25 · 10 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

128 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

104ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
2False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 230 total · 27 in 24 mo

230
Total crashes
27
In last 24 mo
13
Fatal
72
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
2025180218
202412348
2023111711
2022131313
2021130313
2020120311
201911159
2018111111
20178048
2016121211
2015130413
20145034
2013131512
201211149
20113022
20109038
2009151815
2008140613
2007130213
20062102
20056116
20031001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 19, 2026OK00Yes
Mar 4, 2026MO00Yes
Jan 28, 2026OK00Yes
Jan 20, 2026NM00Yes
Nov 14, 2025OK00Yes
Oct 31, 2025AR00Yes
Oct 28, 2025KS00Yes
Oct 6, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 12, 2025LA00Yes
Sep 4, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 19, 2025CO00Yes
Jul 14, 2025KS00Yes
Jun 16, 2025OK00Yes
May 28, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 23, 2025AL01Yes
Apr 4, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 13, 2025OH01Yes
Mar 3, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 21, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 17, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 13, 2025AL00Yes
Jan 7, 2025NM00Yes
Dec 4, 2024OK00Yes
Nov 19, 2024TX01No
Nov 7, 2024OK00Yes