Carrier profile · USDOT 769234 · MC-345413 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Pinewood Transport Ltd

13 power unitsavg 11.4 yrMulti-region · 13 statesCOLUMBUS, OH74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-345413 ACTIVERATED 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 42.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 17 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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

17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 3

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 13-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
17
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.12measure
SMS · per-BASIC
52%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
25%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 23, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 20 total · 1 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20241001
20231001
20212002
20201001
20171001
20162002
20111001
20103012
20091001
20061001
20052011
20041011
20021001
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 12, 2026AL00Yes
Mar 18, 2024MI00Yes
Oct 10, 2023PA00Yes
Jul 13, 2021IN00Yes
May 19, 2021IN00Yes
May 11, 2020UT00Yes
Dec 6, 2017TX00Yes
Oct 7, 2016OH00Yes
Jul 21, 2016PA00Yes
Oct 13, 2011NJ00Yes
Jul 5, 2010IN00Yes
May 21, 2010OH02No
Jan 25, 2010MO00Yes
Jan 18, 2009WA00Yes
Aug 1, 2006OH00Yes
Dec 16, 2005WV00Yes
Jan 28, 2005PA01No
Oct 15, 2004NY01Yes
Oct 27, 2002NJ00Yes
Nov 24, 2000NC00Yes