Carrier profile · USDOT 198034 · MC-162830 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Pete Lien & Sons Inc

192 power unitsavg 8.3 yrRegional · 3 statesRAPID CITY, SD88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-162830 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkspetelien.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 16.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 26 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 36.6 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 5

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
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 192-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
192
Inspections · 24 mo
26
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
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.

  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.67 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 20, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 26 total · 3 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253003
20232102
20221001
20212002
20202002
20181001
20171001
20141001
20062002
20041001
20031011
20012012
20002101
19992012
19983023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 1, 2025WY00Yes
Jul 3, 2025WY00Yes
May 27, 2025SD00Yes
Aug 16, 2023SD10Yes
Jan 4, 2023CO00Yes
Jan 13, 2022SD00Yes
Aug 17, 2021SD00Yes
Feb 11, 2021CO00Yes
May 8, 2020CO00Yes
Apr 30, 2020SD00Yes
Apr 11, 2018CO00Yes
Jul 5, 2017CO00Yes
May 23, 2014SD00Yes
May 4, 2006WY00Yes
Mar 26, 2006SD00Yes
Feb 10, 2004SD00Yes
Dec 16, 2003WY01Yes
Aug 20, 2001WY00Yes
May 3, 2001WY01Yes
Dec 5, 2000SD00Yes
Sep 26, 2000CO10No
Sep 13, 1999SD00Yes
May 26, 1999CO02Yes
Aug 11, 1998SD00Yes
Mar 10, 1998WY02Yes