Carrier profile · USDOT 977650 · MC-411253 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

PLD Transport Inc

110 power unitsavg 4.2 yrNational · 42 statesMALVERN, AR81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-411253 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkspldtransportinc.comFMCSA SAFER

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 28.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 200 vehicle and 423 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 12.5 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

411 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 34

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
110
Inspections · 24 mo
423
Annualized
≈212 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

77%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
56%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
48%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
65%
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 Driving144 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance45 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance44 · 37 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance29 · 8 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance26 · 16 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance24 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

63 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

31ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
18False logs
7Drove over hours

15 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 61 total · 14 in 24 mo

61
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268048
20254004
20244014
20232112
20222002
20214033
20202002
20196025
20181011
20173003
20161001
20151001
20146015
20132112
20124023
20112002
20101001
20092102
20081011
20062012
20052011
20031001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 16, 2026KY01Yes
May 26, 2026TN00Yes
May 1, 2026OK00Yes
Apr 25, 2026AZ01Yes
Apr 10, 2026MO01Yes
Mar 16, 2026TN01Yes
Mar 8, 2026OK00Yes
Jan 24, 2026ID00Yes
Sep 7, 2025CA00Yes
May 26, 2025AR00Yes
Mar 19, 2025WI00Yes
Mar 14, 2025WY00Yes
Dec 15, 2024MO00Yes
Aug 25, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 2, 2024CA00Yes
Feb 5, 2024IA01Yes
May 19, 2023WA10Yes
Apr 2, 2023TN01Yes
Feb 2, 2022NM00Yes
Feb 2, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 15, 2021AR01Yes
Feb 9, 2021MS01No
Feb 2, 2021MO00Yes
Jan 25, 2021NC02Yes
May 6, 2020TX00Yes