Carrier profile · USDOT 1076187 · MC-845651 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Petrol Transport Inc

17 power unitsavg 8.6 yrLocal · 1 statesBAKERSFIELD, CA100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-845651 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkspetroltransportinc.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 12.9%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 — 31 vehicle and 31 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.3% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 13.9 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

31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 4

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 17-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
17
Inspections · 24 mo
31
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

9%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
12%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
26%
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.

  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 180.407 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
  • 180.415 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 10, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 25 total · 0 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20232022
20221001
20212002
20201001
20192012
20183013
20161001
20153003
20141001
20132012
20121011
20111101
20091011
20031011
20012002
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 31, 2023CA01Yes
Oct 2, 2023CA01Yes
Jul 10, 2022CA00Yes
Jul 29, 2021CA00Yes
Mar 1, 2021CA00Yes
Sep 13, 2020CA00Yes
Oct 15, 2019CA01Yes
Apr 23, 2019CA00Yes
Dec 8, 2018CA00Yes
Oct 20, 2018CA00Yes
Apr 1, 2018CA01Yes
Nov 13, 2016CA00Yes
Aug 19, 2015CA00Yes
May 7, 2015CA00Yes
Mar 24, 2015CA00Yes
Nov 1, 2014CA00Yes
Jun 14, 2013CA00Yes
Mar 7, 2013CA02Yes
Nov 10, 2012CA03Yes
Oct 23, 2011CA10Yes
Jan 10, 2009CA01Yes
Jan 20, 2003CA01Yes
Dec 7, 2001CA00Yes
May 26, 2001CA00Yes
Feb 23, 2000CA00Yes