Carrier profile · USDOT 500896 · MC-275839 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Penner Trucking Inc

21 power unitsavg 12.6 yrMulti-region · 8 statesSUBLETTE, KS94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-275839 ACTIVERATED 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 10.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 34 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 9.0 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

34 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 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 21-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
21
Inspections · 24 mo
34
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

38%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
72%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
42%
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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 22 total · 2 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20241001
20203003
20191001
20181001
20161011
20152022
20141011
20132012
20111001
20061001
20042002
20021001
20013003
19981010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 3, 2025KS01Yes
Dec 6, 2024KS00Yes
Jul 8, 2020KS00Yes
Feb 28, 2020KS00Yes
Feb 13, 2020KS00Yes
Sep 19, 2019KS00Yes
Jan 31, 2018IL00Yes
Jul 11, 2016KS01Yes
Sep 2, 2015KS01Yes
Mar 30, 2015KS01Yes
Feb 19, 2014OK01Yes
Oct 29, 2013KS00Yes
Sep 24, 2013KS01Yes
Jun 23, 2011OK00Yes
Aug 31, 2006KS00Yes
Aug 23, 2004KS00Yes
Aug 23, 2004KS00Yes
Sep 24, 2002KS00Yes
Dec 29, 2001KS00Yes
May 1, 2001TX00Yes
Feb 13, 2001TX00Yes
Sep 8, 1998KS01No