Carrier profile · USDOT 2942768 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Pugh Lubricants LLC

361 power unitsavg 6.4 yrNational · 16 statesASHEBORO, NC88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
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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 13.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 212 vehicle and 359 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.8% · 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 7.6 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

350 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 24

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 361-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
361
Inspections · 24 mo
359
Annualized
≈180 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

22%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
32%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
33%
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 Driving49 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 32 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 172.202 Other violationOther10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
11Drove over hours

Trending worse — 87% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 47 total · 8 in 24 mo

47
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20255025
20249139
20237037
20222112
20212011
20201011
20192002
20181001
20173013
20161001
20152002
20143013
20131011
20121001
20102002
20091001
20061010
20021011
19991011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 17, 2026KY00Yes
Nov 24, 2025GA01Yes
Aug 20, 2025KY01Yes
Mar 31, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 27, 2025SC00Yes
Jan 28, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 22, 2024NC01Yes
Aug 9, 2024SC01Yes
Jul 31, 2024KY00Yes
Jul 30, 2024GA02Yes
May 24, 2024IN10Yes
May 14, 2024KY00Yes
Apr 25, 2024IN00Yes
Mar 19, 2024GA00Yes
Feb 15, 2024IN00Yes
Nov 22, 2023NC01Yes
Nov 9, 2023KY00Yes
Sep 13, 2023SC01Yes
Jul 12, 2023KY00Yes
May 3, 2023VA00Yes
Feb 23, 2023NC01Yes
Feb 3, 2023NC00Yes
Oct 25, 2022TN10Yes
Mar 21, 2022GA01Yes
May 12, 2021GA01No