Carrier profile · USDOT 93919 · MC-177264 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Pioneer Transportation Ltd

61 power unitsavg 8.3 yrNational · 30 statesMERRILL, WI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-177264 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 10.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 60 vehicle and 125 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.9% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 7.0 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

119 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 11

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
1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 61-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
61
Inspections · 24 mo
125
Annualized
63 / yr
Coverage
1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
69%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
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 Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 88 total · 5 in 24 mo

88
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
35
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253023
20243113
20231001
20223003
20213133
20202012
20194034
20185135
20172002
20165025
20154133
20145005
20132012
20122102
20112012
20103032
20092012
20082012
20076026
20064104
20045025
20033013
20023023
20012011
20002002
19991001
19982002
19962022
19953003
19921001
19901001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 15, 2025KY01Yes
Oct 6, 2025MO01Yes
Jul 20, 2025WI00Yes
Oct 2, 2024IL10Yes
Sep 12, 2024NC00Yes
Jun 11, 2024WI02Yes
Jan 27, 2023WI00Yes
Apr 27, 2022KY00Yes
Apr 6, 2022WI00Yes
Mar 14, 2022WI00Yes
Apr 21, 2021WI17Yes
Apr 21, 2021WI05Yes
Feb 19, 2021NY01Yes
Nov 30, 2020OH01Yes
Aug 10, 2020WI00Yes
Jun 5, 2019IN00Yes
Mar 19, 2019IN01Yes
Feb 26, 2019TN01Yes
Jan 8, 2019IL01Yes
Oct 31, 2018IN00Yes
Jul 1, 2018WI01Yes
Mar 1, 2018IL12Yes
Feb 8, 2018TN00Yes
Feb 1, 2018AR01Yes
Sep 11, 2017IL00Yes