Carrier profile · USDOT 362045 · MC-199447 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Philip Sims Trucking LLC

4 power unitsavg 6.2 yrRegional · 3 statesOTIS, CO82/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-199447 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 4 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 37.5 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

4 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 1

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 4-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
4
Inspections · 24 mo
4
Annualized
≈2 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
10.5measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 27, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 15 total · 0 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231001
20221011
20201101
20161001
20143003
20133023
20121001
20101001
20081001
20071001
19901000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 28, 2023CO00Yes
Dec 28, 2022FL01Yes
Oct 17, 2020NE10Yes
Aug 23, 2016NE00Yes
Nov 28, 2014WY00Yes
Apr 16, 2014MN00Yes
Mar 26, 2014CO00Yes
Jun 26, 2013NE03Yes
Jun 26, 2013NE03Yes
Feb 7, 2013CA00Yes
Sep 17, 2012CO00Yes
Apr 9, 2010NE00Yes
Mar 28, 2008CO00Yes
Jan 5, 2007CO00Yes
May 11, 1990CO00No