Carrier profile · USDOT 993280 · MC-421823 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Petroleum Carriers LLC

0 power unitsavg 10.6 yrMulti-region · 8 statesRICHMOND, VA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-421823 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 12.5%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 — 112 vehicle and 123 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.8% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 7.8 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

118 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 10

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

1%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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.

  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 20 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 107.620 Other violationOther6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Feb 20, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 58 total · 8 in 24 mo

58
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20254032
20243023
20232002
20225015
20212002
20205005
20192002
20186006
20174024
20161001
20152002
20144014
20132002
20122012
20111010
20102022
20092011
20082012
20071011
20063012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 18, 2026NC00Yes
Apr 27, 2026VA00Yes
Feb 20, 2026VA00Yes
Oct 2, 2025NC00Yes
Aug 29, 2025VA01No
May 21, 2025VA01No
Apr 4, 2025VA02Yes
Dec 22, 2024NC01Yes
Jul 30, 2024VA01Yes
May 2, 2024VA00Yes
Mar 31, 2023VA00Yes
Jan 21, 2023VA00Yes
Oct 26, 2022NC00Yes
Sep 16, 2022NC02Yes
Aug 23, 2022VA00Yes
May 8, 2022VA00Yes
Mar 27, 2022VA00Yes
Dec 21, 2021NC00Yes
Sep 10, 2021VA00Yes
Sep 27, 2020VA00Yes
Sep 25, 2020VA00Yes
Sep 11, 2020WV00Yes
Aug 23, 2020VA00Yes
Jan 12, 2020VA00Yes
Oct 24, 2019VA00Yes