Carrier profile · USDOT 1458630 · MC-551060 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Prince Carrier Inc

24 power unitsavg 4.9 yrMulti-region · 15 statesBAKESFIELD, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-551060 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 8.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 37 vehicle and 58 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 13.2 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

55 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 24-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
24
Inspections · 24 mo
58
Annualized
≈29 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
88%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
43%
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 Driving61 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance30 · 14 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

61 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.

21ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
23False logs
7Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 28 total · 2 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252101
20243013
20238048
20223003
20214124
20204014
20191001
20181001
20171001
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 27, 2025AZ00Yes
May 10, 2025AZ10No
Aug 3, 2024LA00Yes
Mar 24, 2024GA01Yes
Jan 12, 2024WI00Yes
Nov 12, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 2, 2023AR01Yes
Aug 24, 2023GA01Yes
Jul 21, 2023OK00Yes
Jul 7, 2023MS01Yes
Jun 10, 2023TX00Yes
Apr 23, 2023MO01Yes
Apr 1, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 21, 2022AR00Yes
Apr 2, 2022IN00Yes
Feb 24, 2022NV00Yes
Dec 5, 2021MO03Yes
Nov 29, 2021MO12Yes
Aug 30, 2021OK00Yes
Feb 8, 2021WI00Yes
Dec 7, 2020NC00Yes
Jul 8, 2020TN00Yes
Feb 20, 2020PA00Yes
Feb 4, 2020KY02Yes
Jan 25, 2019AL00Yes