Carrier profile · USDOT 2478338 · MC-24117 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Premier Fuel Distributors Inc

DBA PREMIER FUEL DELIVERY SERVICE

17 power unitsavg 10.7 yrLocal · 2 statesSANTA FE SPRINGS, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-24117 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 14.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 85 vehicle and 80 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.7% · 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 4.3 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

89 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 9

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
≈2.6 / 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
17
Inspections · 24 mo
89
Annualized
≈45 / yr
Coverage
≈2.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
.11measure
SMS · per-BASIC
2%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
32%
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.

  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance36 · 11 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving35 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 8 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 18 total · 5 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20242022
20232012
20221001
20215035
20182102
20172002
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 18, 2026CA00Yes
Sep 30, 2025CA01Yes
Aug 20, 2025CA00Yes
Nov 22, 2024CA02Yes
Oct 1, 2024CA02Yes
Aug 18, 2023CA02Yes
May 8, 2023CA00Yes
Aug 20, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 17, 2021CA01Yes
Dec 2, 2021CA00Yes
Dec 2, 2021CA01Yes
Nov 6, 2021CA01Yes
May 12, 2021AZ00Yes
Oct 5, 2018AZ00Yes
May 30, 2018AZ10Yes
Dec 19, 2017CA00Yes
Dec 15, 2017CA00Yes
May 28, 2014CA00Yes