PROTECTED CARGO TRANSPORT LLC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
133 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 11
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 82
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 140
- Annualized
- ≈70 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 72 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2026 | LA | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 13, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 29, 2025 | AR | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 22, 2025 | LA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 8, 2024 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 1, 2024 | LA | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 4, 2024 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 29, 2023 | LA | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 5, 2022 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 31, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 24, 2022 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 24, 2022 | LA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2021 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2021 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 25, 2021 | LA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 28, 2021 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 20, 2020 | LA | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 12, 2020 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 27, 2019 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 18, 2019 | LA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 4, 2019 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 17, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2018 | LA | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Aug 27, 2018 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 25, 2018 | LA | 0 | 5 | Yes |