Carrier profile · USDOT 2823061 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Premier Truck Rental

12 power unitsavg 3.4 yrNational · 20 statesFORT WAYNE, IN82/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linksrentptr.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 16.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 24 vehicle and 40 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 25.5 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

40 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 4

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
≈1.7 / 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
12
Inspections · 24 mo
40
Annualized
≈20 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
77%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
69%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
17%
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.

  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 27 total · 21 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
21
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026110510
202510029
20241001
20193112
20181001
20171111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 12, 2026OK00Yes
Jun 3, 2026MI00Yes
May 30, 2026NV00Yes
Apr 24, 2026SC01Yes
Mar 27, 2026FL01No
Mar 13, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 10, 2026TX01Yes
Feb 24, 2026PA01Yes
Feb 12, 2026OK01Yes
Jan 20, 2026CA00Yes
Jan 2, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 20, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 4, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 25, 2025TX03Yes
Oct 22, 2025TX01No
Sep 28, 2025OK00Yes
Sep 18, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 5, 2025MI00Yes
Jul 27, 2025LA00Yes
Jul 17, 2025CA00Yes
May 31, 2025NV00Yes
Mar 12, 2024MD00Yes
Nov 16, 2019CA00Yes
Nov 8, 2019TX10No
Apr 18, 2019CA01Yes