Carrier profile · USDOT 1936338 · MC-691016 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

PILOT THOMAS LOGISTICS LLC

DBA THOMAS WEST FUELS LUBRICANTS & CHEMICALS LLC

201 power unitsavg 6.1 yrNational · 22 statesGRAPEVINE, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-691016 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkspilotthomas.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 11.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 302 vehicle and 333 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.4% · 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 7.5 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

325 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 22

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 201-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
201
Inspections · 24 mo
337
Annualized
≈169 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
31%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance52 · 10 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance47 · 5 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving45 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 16 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 12, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 93 total · 20 in 24 mo

93
Total crashes
20
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
27
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267017
2025100410
20248028
202310139
20225025
20215035
20205025
20199158
20184014
20172002
20164113
20154014
20145005
20134013
20125015
20111001
20105005
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 14, 2026NV01Yes
Jun 2, 2026NV00Yes
Apr 26, 2026NV00Yes
Apr 20, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 17, 2026NV00Yes
Feb 11, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 3, 2026NV00Yes
Dec 10, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 6, 2025NV01Yes
Nov 26, 2025NV02Yes
Oct 10, 2025PA00Yes
Aug 16, 2025TX03Yes
Aug 12, 2025NV00Yes
Aug 10, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 6, 2025NV00Yes
Apr 11, 2025TX01Yes
Feb 10, 2025WV00Yes
Dec 18, 2024WV00Yes
Dec 12, 2024NV02Yes
Sep 6, 2024NM00Yes
Jul 27, 2024WV00Yes
Jul 8, 2024LA00Yes
Jun 24, 2024NV00Yes
Jan 27, 2024UT01Yes
Jan 1, 2024NV00Yes