Carrier profile · USDOT 856735 · MC-377933 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

Pinnacle Transportation Systems Inc

DBA PINNACLE

86 power unitsavg 15.7 yrNational · 35 statesELKHART, IN74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-377933 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 54.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 68 vehicle and 112 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

63.6% · 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 2.2 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

107 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 8

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 86-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
86
Inspections · 24 mo
112
Annualized
≈56 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

35%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
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 Driving81 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 11 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 15 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 18 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False 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· 76 total · 8 in 24 mo

76
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20256106
20241001
20233003
20223013
20202002
20191001
20161001
20153003
20142012
20132012
20122012
20112012
20104014
20092002
20077016
20067027
2005110410
20049037
20033013
20022022
20011010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 24, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 17, 2026MT00Yes
Nov 6, 2025IN00Yes
Aug 26, 2025MN10Yes
Jul 25, 2025WY00Yes
Jun 11, 2025WY00Yes
Jun 8, 2025MT00Yes
Jan 20, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 6, 2024PA00Yes
Dec 8, 2023MI00Yes
Sep 18, 2023IN00Yes
Apr 5, 2023NC00Yes
Nov 30, 2022WY00Yes
Jan 25, 2022NC02Yes
Jan 5, 2022NC00Yes
Nov 17, 2020IL00Yes
Jun 27, 2020WY00Yes
May 30, 2019IL00Yes
Mar 23, 2016NC00Yes
Jun 8, 2015MI00Yes
Feb 22, 2015SD00Yes
Feb 22, 2015SD00Yes
Sep 25, 2014MD00Yes
Jun 5, 2014NC02Yes
Nov 1, 2013IL01Yes