Carrier profile · USDOT 442505 · MC-216315 · Updated Jun 19, 2026

Puckett Trucking Inc

31 power unitsavg 6.8 yrRegional · 3 statesBOONEVILLE, MS74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-216315 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 46.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 41 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 16.9 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

41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 31-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 31
Inspections · 24 mo: 41
Annualized: ≈21 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

45%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

39%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

16%

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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.70 Coupling devices / fifth wheelVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Dec 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 21 total · 4 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	3	0	1	3
2025	1	1	1	1
2023	2	0	2	2
2022	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	1	1
2017	1	0	1	1
2015	1	0	1	1
2014	2	0	1	2
2011	2	0	2	2
2008	1	0	1	1
2004	1	0	0	1
1998	1	0	1	1
1996	1	0	0	1
1995	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 15, 2026	MS	0	0	Yes
Apr 6, 2026	AL	0	0	Yes
Apr 4, 2026	MS	0	1	Yes
Dec 17, 2025	TN	1	2	Yes
Aug 3, 2023	MS	0	1	Yes
Mar 22, 2023	MS	0	1	Yes
May 19, 2022	TN	0	0	Yes
Apr 5, 2021	MS	0	0	Yes
Mar 9, 2020	AL	0	0	Yes
Mar 19, 2019	TN	0	1	Yes
Jan 24, 2017	TN	0	1	Yes
Apr 21, 2015	MS	0	1	Yes
Oct 22, 2014	AR	0	1	Yes
Apr 21, 2014	TN	0	0	Yes
Jun 16, 2011	MS	0	2	Yes
Jan 7, 2011	AL	0	2	Yes
Jul 23, 2008	MS	0	2	Yes
Jan 5, 2004	TN	0	0	Yes
Aug 27, 1998	MS	0	2	Yes
Sep 12, 1996	TN	0	0	Yes
Nov 7, 1995	TN	0	1	Yes