Carrier profile · USDOT 265725 · MC-213495 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Perishable Distributors of Iowa Ltd

DBA PDI

175 power unitsavg 5.2 yrMulti-region · 14 statesANKENY, IA74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-213495 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 40.0%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 — 60 vehicle and 149 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

70.0% · 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 25.9 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

148 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 15

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 175-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
175
Inspections · 24 mo
149
Annualized
≈75 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
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 Driving80 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 21 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.3 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 83 total · 8 in 24 mo

83
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
28
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20255015
20245015
20234014
20226016
20214014
20203023
20194034
20182112
20175215
20163003
20151001
20144014
20133013
20104024
20092002
20084014
20061001
20053003
20042002
20035043
20022002
20011011
19991001
19983032
19961001
19952012
19931011
19921011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 3, 2026IA00Yes
Dec 18, 2025IA00Yes
Aug 3, 2025IA01Yes
Jun 30, 2025IA00Yes
Jun 10, 2025IL00Yes
Mar 5, 2025IA00Yes
Oct 20, 2024MO00Yes
Sep 24, 2024IA00Yes
Jul 7, 2024IA02Yes
Jun 8, 2024IA00Yes
Jan 27, 2024IA00Yes
Dec 7, 2023IA00Yes
Apr 22, 2023MN00Yes
Feb 28, 2023MN01Yes
Feb 2, 2023MO00Yes
Sep 15, 2022IA00Yes
Aug 30, 2022MN00Yes
Jun 27, 2022KS00Yes
May 19, 2022IA00Yes
Jan 14, 2022MN00Yes
Jan 2, 2022IA01Yes
Dec 30, 2021MN00Yes
Jun 12, 2021SD00Yes
May 22, 2021IA01Yes
Jan 28, 2021MO00Yes