Carrier profile · USDOT 3033611 · MC-40721 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

PLUTO TRANSPORT INC

99 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 25 statesROSSER, MB88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-40721 ACTIVE
Verified linksplutotransport.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 9.4%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 — 32 vehicle and 73 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.4% · 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 2.1 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

65 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 15

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 99-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
99
Inspections · 24 mo
73
Annualized
≈37 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

13%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
6%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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 Driving47 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

25 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 10, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
3False logs
4Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 22 total · 7 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
0
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20247007
20235005
20216106
20202002
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 31, 2025NC00Yes
Dec 19, 2024MN00Yes
Nov 28, 2024IL00Yes
Nov 25, 2024PA00Yes
Nov 25, 2024PA00Yes
Oct 7, 2024PA00Yes
Sep 18, 2024MI00Yes
Mar 16, 2024AZ00Yes
Nov 30, 2023MN00Yes
Oct 4, 2023CA00Yes
Feb 26, 2023MN00Yes
Jan 11, 2023WI00Yes
Jan 11, 2023WI00Yes
Oct 16, 2021MT00Yes
Jul 5, 2021MS00Yes
Jun 21, 2021WI10Yes
Jan 31, 2021MI00Yes
Jan 15, 2021MI00Yes
Jan 6, 2021ND00Yes
Nov 1, 2020MN00Yes
Sep 25, 2020TN00Yes
Jan 12, 2019WI00Yes