Carrier profile · USDOT 524115 · MC-278091 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

PS Trucking Inc

DBA PRO TRUCK LINES

26 power unitsavg 10.8 yrRegional · 4 statesPORTLAND, OR81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-278091 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 27.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 47 vehicle and 66 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 8.4 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

65 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 8

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
1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 26-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
26
Inspections · 24 mo
66
Annualized
33 / yr
Coverage
1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
2%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
50%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
36%
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 Driving36 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 24 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 16, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

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

Crash history· 40 total · 4 in 24 mo

40
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261111
20253003
20231001
20212002
20202002
20193123
20182002
20172002
20163022
20153003
20142002
20131011
20101011
20091001
20081010
20053013
20043023
20033003
20021001
19991011
19981011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 2, 2026WA11Yes
May 30, 2025OR00Yes
Mar 13, 2025OR00Yes
Feb 17, 2025OR00Yes
Jun 13, 2023WA00Yes
Oct 28, 2021OR00Yes
Jun 1, 2021OR00Yes
Sep 18, 2020OR00Yes
Jun 13, 2020OR00Yes
Apr 19, 2019OR10Yes
Mar 22, 2019OR01Yes
Mar 11, 2019WA01Yes
Aug 22, 2018OR00Yes
Feb 19, 2018WA00Yes
May 31, 2017OR00Yes
Mar 24, 2017OR00Yes
Aug 11, 2016OR01Yes
Jun 3, 2016OR01No
Feb 15, 2016OR00Yes
Sep 7, 2015OR00Yes
Feb 27, 2015WA00Yes
Feb 25, 2015OR00Yes
Apr 29, 2014OR00Yes
Apr 2, 2014WA00Yes
Jan 28, 2013OR02Yes