Carrier profile · USDOT 1726910 · MC-635217 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Pink Panthers Inc

45 power unitsavg 3.5 yrNational · 30 statesCARROLLTON, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-635217 ACTIVE
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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 29.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 61 vehicle and 140 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.8% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 5.5 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

134 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 13

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 45-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
140
Annualized
≈70 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

80%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
26%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
55%
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 Driving78 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 30 total · 3 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251001
20244014
20235015
20225015
20217027
20204124
20191011
20182022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 25, 2026CA01Yes
Mar 25, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 16, 2024DE01Yes
Jun 20, 2024GA00Yes
Jun 18, 2024TN00Yes
Mar 27, 2024TN00Yes
Nov 13, 2023NC01Yes
Aug 17, 2023NC00Yes
Apr 28, 2023IN00Yes
Apr 23, 2023SC00Yes
Jan 1, 2023SC00Yes
Dec 31, 2022AR01Yes
Dec 25, 2022MO00Yes
Oct 11, 2022TX00Yes
Feb 13, 2022KY00Yes
Jan 3, 2022AR00Yes
Oct 17, 2021IL00Yes
Aug 8, 2021TX02Yes
Aug 3, 2021WY00Yes
Jun 18, 2021TX00Yes
Apr 21, 2021WI04Yes
Mar 9, 2021NM00Yes
Jan 7, 2021MS00Yes
Nov 17, 2020GA00Yes
Oct 30, 2020GA12Yes