Carrier profile · USDOT 856431 · MC-380585 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

PETERSEN BROTHERS INC

76 power unitsavg 12.9 yrLocal · 1 statesSUMNER, WA74/100

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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 85.7%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 — 7 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

80.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 2

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 76-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: 76
Inspections · 24 mo: 11
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

95%

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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 6 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 25 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 21 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	0	1
2023	1	0	1	1
2021	3	0	2	3
2020	2	0	0	2
2018	2	0	0	2
2015	1	0	0	1
2013	1	0	0	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2010	3	0	0	3
2007	3	1	0	3
2005	2	0	0	2
2002	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Aug 15, 2024	WA	0	0	Yes
Nov 13, 2023	WA	0	1	Yes
Jul 26, 2021	WA	0	1	Yes
May 28, 2021	WA	0	1	Yes
Feb 8, 2021	WA	0	0	Yes
Aug 17, 2020	WA	0	0	Yes
Jun 20, 2020	WA	0	0	Yes
Sep 4, 2018	WA	0	0	Yes
Jun 25, 2018	WA	0	0	Yes
Apr 16, 2015	WA	0	0	Yes
Sep 6, 2013	WA	0	0	Yes
Feb 15, 2011	WA	0	0	Yes
Jul 30, 2010	WA	0	0	Yes
Jul 30, 2010	WA	0	0	Yes
Jul 30, 2010	WA	0	0	Yes
Nov 27, 2007	WA	0	0	Yes
Sep 19, 2007	WA	1	0	Yes
Jul 17, 2007	WA	0	0	Yes
Apr 11, 2005	WA	0	0	Yes
Mar 1, 2005	WA	0	0	Yes
Jun 17, 2002	WA	0	0	Yes