Carrier profile · USDOT 2727531 · MC-924111 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

PRIDE FREIGHT EXPRESS INC

10 power unitsavg 11 yrMulti-region · 13 statesWESTMINSTER, CA75/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-924111 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 31.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 18.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 38 vehicle and 59 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 2.0 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

64 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 7

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
≈3.5 / 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
10
Inspections · 24 mo
69
Annualized
≈35 / yr
Coverage
≈3.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

83%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
95%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
91%
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.

  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance31 · 16 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 7 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

69 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

33ELD device issues
14No log / no ELD
13False logs
2Drove over hours

16 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 2 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20231001
20221011
20214023
20183003
20174004
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 1, 2026FL00Yes
Sep 27, 2025VA00Yes
Feb 1, 2023TX00Yes
Jun 24, 2022TN01Yes
Dec 10, 2021VA00Yes
Dec 4, 2021TX01No
Oct 12, 2021OK01Yes
Jul 29, 2021AZ00Yes
Dec 18, 2018IL00Yes
Nov 7, 2018MS00Yes
Sep 23, 2018NV00Yes
Dec 3, 2017AR00Yes
Nov 21, 2017VA00Yes
Oct 4, 2017OK00Yes
Jul 14, 2017AZ00Yes