Carrier profile · USDOT 2820314 · MC-940394 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Prime Road Carriers Inc

45 power unitsavg 7.9 yrNational · 30 statesLAFAYETTE, IN80/100
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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 47.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 63 vehicle and 116 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.9% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 27.2 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

112 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 11

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 45-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
116
Annualized
≈58 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

49%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
85%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving43 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 17 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 12 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving6 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 3 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20242012
20222021
20213003
20203013
20191001
20181001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 8, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 2, 2024VA01Yes
Sep 26, 2024KY00Yes
Jul 27, 2022OH01No
Mar 1, 2022MS01Yes
Nov 26, 2021KS00Yes
Aug 6, 2021NC00Yes
Jun 30, 2021KY00Yes
Mar 19, 2020KY00Yes
Mar 17, 2020NJ01Yes
Mar 4, 2020IA00Yes
Oct 19, 2019MO00Yes
Sep 22, 2018NY00Yes