Pohl Transportation 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
167 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 15
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
- 130
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 176
- Annualized
- ≈88 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.7 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.
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving51 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 20 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 6, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 186 total · 8 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2004 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2026 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 13, 2026 | OH | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2025 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 9, 2025 | OH | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 27, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 15, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 26, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2023 | SC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2023 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2022 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2022 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2022 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 20, 2021 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 12, 2021 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2021 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 1, 2021 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 10, 2021 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 26, 2020 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2020 | MO | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 10, 2020 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 20, 2020 | OH | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 17, 2020 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2020 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |