Carrier profile · USDOT 234913 · MC-163374 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Pemberton Truck Lines Inc

139 power unitsavg 6.8 yrNational · 22 statesKNOXVILLE, TN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-163374 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkspembertontrucklines.comFMCSA SAFER

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 25.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 125 vehicle and 317 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.4% · 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 10.0 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

312 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 28

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 139-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
139
Inspections · 24 mo
317
Annualized
≈159 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance36 · 33 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 93% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 331 total · 12 in 24 mo

331
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
12
Fatal
169
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20258027
20243003
20238047
20226025
2021110510
2020120312
20195015
20185033
20174024
2016130613
20158058
20147027
20131001
20125034
20112002
20106026
2009111411
2008121810
20076234
2006141713
2005151815
2004150615
20032111419
20021601014
2001141813
2000162616
19991611015
19981501215
1997141514
1996110610
19951601216
19947065
19932012
19923022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 10, 2026MN00Yes
May 15, 2026KY00Yes
Feb 11, 2026WI01Yes
Oct 15, 2025TN00Yes
Jul 11, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 3, 2025AL00Yes
May 29, 2025NC01No
Mar 10, 2025FL02Yes
Feb 28, 2025OK00Yes
Jan 9, 2025AR00Yes
Jan 7, 2025MO00Yes
Oct 6, 2024TN00Yes
Aug 16, 2024GA00Yes
Jan 15, 2024TN00Yes
Nov 9, 2023NC02Yes
Sep 28, 2023FL010Yes
Jul 24, 2023OK00Yes
Jun 28, 2023TN01No
Jun 6, 2023KY00Yes
Apr 24, 2023FL00Yes
Apr 6, 2023OK01Yes
Mar 30, 2023AR00Yes
Dec 29, 2022TN00Yes
Aug 12, 2022FL01No
Aug 8, 2022FL00Yes