Carrier profile · USDOT 335576 · MC-825533 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SIMONS PETROLEUM LLC

DBA PILOT THOMAS LOGISTICS

1 power unitavg 6.3 yrRegional · 4 statesGRAPEVINE, TX93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-825533 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkspilotthomas.comFMCSA SAFER

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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 10.0 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

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 1

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈3.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
1
Inspections · 24 mo
6
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈3.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
1.33measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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.

  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 172.302 Other violationOther1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 10 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 136 total · 0 in 24 mo

136
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
49
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20224004
20216036
20202002
20197027
2018170317
20179019
20163013
2015131513
2014150814
2013110411
20124004
20113003
20104033
20096026
20084014
20075145
20064024
20052002
20041001
20033033
20023003
19993033
19981011
19972011
19961010
19941001
19921010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 27, 2024TX00Yes
May 13, 2022WV00Yes
May 6, 2022TX00Yes
Jan 22, 2022TX00Yes
Jan 5, 2022TX00Yes
Nov 4, 2021WV00Yes
Jul 17, 2021TX00Yes
Jul 14, 2021TX01Yes
Jun 29, 2021PA00Yes
May 21, 2021TX01Yes
May 21, 2021TX01Yes
Dec 9, 2020PA00Yes
Jan 16, 2020TX00Yes
Dec 19, 2019TX02Yes
Oct 22, 2019CO00Yes
Aug 3, 2019TX00Yes
Jul 7, 2019TX00Yes
Apr 26, 2019TX02Yes
Apr 22, 2019TX00Yes
Apr 1, 2019OK00Yes
Nov 21, 2018OK01Yes
Nov 20, 2018OK00Yes
Nov 16, 2018TX00Yes
Nov 16, 2018ND00Yes
Oct 16, 2018TX00Yes