Carrier profile · USDOT 327574 · MC-503269 · Updated Aug 16, 2026

Penske Truck Leasing Co LP

DBA PENSKE TRUCK RENTAL

— power unitsavg 4.8 yrNational · 52 statesREADING, PA70/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-503269 STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 6.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2,316 vehicle and 3,837 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.2% · 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 1.5 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

3,741 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 205

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

1%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
59%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
70%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
65%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
12%
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 Driving1,028 · 11 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving384 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance225 · 27 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance133 · 81 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance95 · 76 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance78 · 36 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness75 · 27 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance69 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance62 · 39 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving51 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

166 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

34ELD device issues
87No log / no ELD
15False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 56% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 8,714 total · 534 in 24 mo

8,714
Total crashes
534
In last 24 mo
150
Fatal
3,510
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026250690237
2025199175183
2024229474215
2023188469178
2022159663149
2021148460139
2020114245109
2019155152146
2018143554127
20179513188
2016252181239
20155171159488
20144441157421
20134472179418
20123343122312
20114084156385
20103619146337
20092823114261
20085091174475
20075932249529
200651215243441
200550713206462
200448016214428
20034548224404
200237712193321
20012161088189
20009054481
199920410118166
19983302222
19976044
19954014
19944033
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 10, 2026NJ00Yes
Aug 6, 2026MI00Yes
Aug 4, 2026WY00Yes
Aug 3, 2026WV01Yes
Jul 30, 2026VA00Yes
Jul 29, 2026NJ01Yes
Jul 28, 2026LA01Yes
Jul 27, 2026OH00Yes
Jul 23, 2026PA01No
Jul 23, 2026MI00Yes
Jul 21, 2026IA00Yes
Jul 21, 2026CO00Yes
Jul 21, 2026WA00Yes
Jul 19, 2026NJ00Yes
Jul 19, 2026NJ03Yes
Jul 18, 2026WV00Yes
Jul 17, 2026KY00Yes
Jul 17, 2026WA00Yes
Jul 16, 2026AZ00Yes
Jul 15, 2026MA00Yes
Jul 13, 2026LA02Yes
Jul 11, 2026FL00Yes
Jul 10, 2026NJ02Yes
Jul 9, 2026WA00Yes
Jul 9, 2026NJ00Yes