Pinnacle Transport Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
3 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 2
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 25
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 4
- Annualized
- ≈2 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 1 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 392.4 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.13 Retroreflective sheetingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 9, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 14 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2025 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 13, 2021 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 27, 2020 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 14, 2020 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 8, 2020 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2018 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2018 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 17, 2007 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 5, 2006 | FL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 25, 2005 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 1, 2005 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 28, 2003 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 8, 2003 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |