Carrier profile · USDOT 1255641 · MC-491585 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Pine Belt Transportation

7 power unitsavg 6.3 yrRegional · 4 statesPETAL, MS94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-491585 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 13.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 115 vehicle and 124 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.9% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

121 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 15

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈8.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
7
Inspections · 24 mo
124
Annualized
≈62 / yr
Coverage
≈8.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
19%
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.

  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 19 total · 2 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20241011
20211001
20202002
20191001
20181011
20163013
20153013
20141001
20102012
20091001
20082012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 12, 2026AL00Yes
Sep 22, 2024MS01Yes
Dec 6, 2021AL00Yes
Aug 14, 2020GA00Yes
Jan 29, 2020AL00Yes
Aug 29, 2019AL00Yes
Sep 25, 2018MS02Yes
Oct 18, 2016MS02Yes
Aug 31, 2016LA00Yes
May 19, 2016AL00Yes
Nov 9, 2015AL00Yes
Aug 18, 2015AL00Yes
Mar 25, 2015AL01Yes
Mar 3, 2014TX00Yes
Sep 22, 2010MS01Yes
Mar 25, 2010MS00Yes
Feb 10, 2009LA00Yes
Dec 16, 2008AL00Yes
Oct 22, 2008LA05Yes