PERKINS SERVICES LLC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 2
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 19
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 14
- Annualized
- ≈7 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 4, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 22 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2026 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 12, 2026 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 16, 2026 | OH | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 8, 2025 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2024 | OH | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 24, 2023 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2021 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 17, 2020 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 30, 2019 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 20, 2019 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2019 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2018 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 3, 2016 | OH | 0 | 4 | No |
| Mar 26, 2015 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 9, 2014 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 18, 2013 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 5, 2010 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2010 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2009 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 25, 2002 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 20, 1999 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 17, 1994 | MI | 0 | 1 | No |