PETE TRANSFER 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
17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 3
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
- 20
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 17
- Annualized
- ≈9 / 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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 107.620 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 5, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 15 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 2, 2025 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 20, 2024 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 4, 2024 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 2, 2024 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 24, 2023 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 29, 2022 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2022 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 15, 2021 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2021 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 24, 2020 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 2, 2019 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2018 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2017 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 2, 2014 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |