Peterson Contractors Inc
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
91 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 20
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
- 268
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 95
- Annualized
- ≈48 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 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 Driving100 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 2 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving22 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 9, 2024. 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· 87 total · 15 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 8, 2026 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 6, 2026 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2025 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 19, 2025 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 10, 2025 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 13, 2025 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 29, 2025 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2025 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 19, 2024 | SD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 26, 2024 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 8, 2024 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 27, 2024 | IA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 27, 2024 | IA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2024 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2024 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2024 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 13, 2024 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 30, 2024 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2023 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 17, 2023 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 15, 2023 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 4, 2023 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 27, 2023 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 20, 2023 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |