Carrier profile · USDOT 1046534 · MC-438141 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Primo Trucking Inc

33 power unitsavg 3.8 yrRegional · 4 statesALLENTOWN, PA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-438141 ACTIVE
Verified linksprimoproduce.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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 34 vehicle and 60 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

60 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 6

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 33-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
33
Inspections · 24 mo
60
Annualized
≈30 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

25%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
5%
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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 376.11 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 21 total · 3 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253023
20241001
20211001
20193113
20182002
20171001
20132012
20102012
20072002
20042012
20022011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 7, 2025PA00Yes
Jul 31, 2025PA01Yes
Jun 11, 2025NJ01Yes
Mar 28, 2024MD00Yes
Feb 14, 2021PA00Yes
Sep 11, 2019PA01Yes
Jul 22, 2019PA10Yes
May 19, 2019PA00Yes
Jun 28, 2018NJ00Yes
Feb 5, 2018PA00Yes
Mar 9, 2017PA00Yes
Dec 8, 2013PA01Yes
Sep 6, 2013NY00Yes
Mar 19, 2010CT00Yes
Mar 17, 2010NJ01Yes
Sep 11, 2007NJ00Yes
Jun 7, 2007PA00Yes
Dec 12, 2004NJ01Yes
Jun 11, 2004NJ00Yes
Nov 18, 2002NJ00Yes
Apr 28, 2002PA01No