Petkau Brothers Express 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
5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 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
- 2
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 5
- Annualized
- ≈3 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.3 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 Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 7 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 15 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2005 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2004 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2002 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 12, 2001 | MT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 30, 2001 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 6, 2000 | WY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 4, 1999 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 11, 1999 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 11, 1999 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 11, 1999 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 14, 1999 | NV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 1999 | WI | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 1998 | IN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 1997 | MN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 6, 1996 | MI | 0 | 1 | No |