Carrier profile · USDOT 2333891 · MC-796863 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Prime Source Trucking Inc

46 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 35 statesBATAVIA, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-796863 ACTIVE
Verified linksps-trucking.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 24.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 37 vehicle and 110 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · 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 19.0 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

106 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 10

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 46-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
46
Inspections · 24 mo
110
Annualized
≈55 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
60%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
45%
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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

7ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
3False 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· 26 total · 6 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20251011
20243023
20231001
20223013
20213013
20201001
20192002
20187007
20161001
20152012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 27, 2026NM00Yes
May 22, 2026KY00Yes
Aug 26, 2025MO01Yes
Nov 12, 2024SC00Yes
Sep 26, 2024MO01Yes
Sep 26, 2024KY01Yes
Aug 30, 2023TN00Yes
Jul 12, 2022WV01Yes
Feb 11, 2022OK00Yes
Feb 1, 2022IN00Yes
Nov 1, 2021IN00Yes
Jul 20, 2021TN01Yes
May 11, 2021IL00Yes
Sep 18, 2020NJ00Yes
Nov 11, 2019IN00Yes
Jan 28, 2019KY00Yes
Dec 10, 2018VA00Yes
Sep 20, 2018IL00Yes
Aug 21, 2018AL00Yes
Jun 20, 2018VA00Yes
Feb 21, 2018KY00Yes
Feb 20, 2018KS00Yes
Jan 12, 2018TN00Yes
Feb 8, 2016MN00Yes
Sep 20, 2015PA01Yes