PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES
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
12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 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
- 647
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 12
- Annualized
- ≈6 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.0 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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.24 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 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 27 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 85 total · 10 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2026 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2026 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 4, 2026 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 1, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 2, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 28, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 17, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 3, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 6, 2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2023 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2023 | PA | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 6, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 9, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 8, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 28, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 28, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 1, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |