Potomac Truck Leasing LLC
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
9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 2
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
- 61
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 9
- Annualized
- ≈5 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 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.
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 18 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 16 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2025 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 9, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 30, 2023 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2022 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 8, 2022 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 17, 2021 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 28, 2020 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2020 | DC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 18, 2020 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2019 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 8, 2019 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 7, 2019 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2018 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 5, 2017 | DC | 0 | 4 | No |