Carrier profile · USDOT 46065 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Pepsi Cola Bottling Co Inc

1 power unitavg 16.1 yrLocal · 2 statesNORTON, VA80/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED 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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 33.3 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 1

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈5.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
1
Inspections · 24 mo
11
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈5.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
15.42measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 20 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 26 total · 2 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20241011
20222012
20201011
20191011
20132002
20121001
20102022
20082012
20073013
20061001
20051011
20041001
20011011
19991011
19942012
19922022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 7, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 4, 2025VA00Yes
Apr 29, 2024VA01Yes
Sep 1, 2022VA00Yes
Apr 7, 2022VA02Yes
Jun 29, 2020VA01Yes
Jan 17, 2019VA01Yes
Dec 10, 2013VA00Yes
Sep 9, 2013VA00Yes
Dec 14, 2012KY00Yes
Sep 27, 2010KY02Yes
Jan 19, 2010VA01Yes
Jul 29, 2008KY01Yes
Mar 12, 2008VA00Yes
Dec 5, 2007VA01Yes
Aug 10, 2007KY00Yes
May 16, 2007KY00Yes
Nov 20, 2006VA00Yes
May 16, 2005VA01Yes
Oct 14, 2004VA00Yes
Nov 6, 2001VA01Yes
May 18, 1999VA03Yes
Feb 12, 1994MD01Yes
Jan 4, 1994MD00Yes
Nov 2, 1992VA03Yes