Carrier profile · USDOT 148431 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC

754 power unitsavg 7.5 yrRegional · 4 statesRALEIGH, NC88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkspbvllc.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 9.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 133 vehicle and 361 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 3.5 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

353 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 25

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 754-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
754
Inspections · 24 mo
361
Annualized
≈181 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

6%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
11%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 7 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 18 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness5 · 1 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 573 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 215 total · 33 in 24 mo

215
Total crashes
33
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
104
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267137
2025200719
2024110611
2023180917
2022120712
20211911116
2020170515
20199058
20181701215
20178148
20168018
2015101510
2014101510
20135035
20124014
20115014
20105024
20099147
20081001
20066025
20042022
20031011
20012022
20001001
19991011
19982012
19972022
19962012
19951011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 11, 2026NC11Yes
May 7, 2026NC00Yes
Feb 26, 2026NC00Yes
Feb 13, 2026NC00Yes
Feb 10, 2026MD01Yes
Feb 5, 2026NC00Yes
Jan 21, 2026VA01Yes
Dec 27, 2025NC00Yes
Dec 11, 2025NC00Yes
Nov 24, 2025NC00Yes
Oct 31, 2025NC02Yes
Oct 27, 2025NC02Yes
Oct 21, 2025NC00Yes
Oct 20, 2025NC00Yes
Sep 22, 2025NC01No
Sep 2, 2025DE00Yes
Jun 25, 2025NC00Yes
Jun 10, 2025NC00Yes
May 27, 2025NC00Yes
May 13, 2025NC04Yes
May 12, 2025NC01Yes
Apr 30, 2025NC00Yes
Mar 20, 2025NC00Yes
Feb 19, 2025NC01Yes
Feb 18, 2025NC00Yes