Carrier profile · USDOT 2092172 · MC-448245 · Updated Jul 4, 2026

Primelink Express Inc

75 power unitsavg 4.1 yrMulti-region · 15 statesFRESNO, CA82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-448245 ACTIVE
Verified linksprimelinkexpress.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 10.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 202 vehicle and 313 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.2% · 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 2.2 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

315 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 24

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
≈2.2 / 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
75
Inspections · 24 mo
326
Annualized
≈163 / yr
Coverage
≈2.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
93%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
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 Driving206 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance63 · 22 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance43 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 20 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 4 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance19 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

159 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

73ELD device issues
15No log / no ELD
39False logs
19Drove over hours

Trending worse — 55% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 69 total · 12 in 24 mo

69
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
29
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2025110510
20243003
20237047
20228038
20218047
2020121511
20195015
20184024
20174034
20165025
20141001
20131001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 31, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 22, 2025CA01Yes
Aug 17, 2025TX02Yes
Jul 18, 2025CA00Yes
Jun 2, 2025TX02No
Apr 19, 2025TX01Yes
Mar 25, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 20, 2025AZ00Yes
Feb 19, 2025TN00Yes
Jan 8, 2025NM00Yes
Jan 7, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 13, 2024AZ00Yes
Jun 21, 2024GA00Yes
May 27, 2024AZ00Yes
Aug 16, 2023TX05Yes
May 7, 2023NM00Yes
Apr 25, 2023OK00Yes
Mar 18, 2023CA01Yes
Feb 25, 2023CA01Yes
Feb 9, 2023NM02Yes
Jan 15, 2023NM00Yes
Dec 15, 2022VA00Yes
Dec 8, 2022TX02Yes
Aug 31, 2022MD02Yes
Aug 26, 2022TX00Yes