Safety · Carrier profile · USDOT 274799

TRIANGLE DISTRIBUTING CO

INDIO, CA 93

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 26.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 23 vehicle and 32 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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 15.0 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 44-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
44
Inspections · 24 mo
32
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

18%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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 Driving14
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 40 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 11 total · 1 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20192002
20181011
20172002
20141001
20121001
20081001
20041001
19991001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
10/29/2025CA00Yes
09/11/2019CA00Yes
06/11/2019CA00Yes
04/02/2018CA01Yes
08/02/2017CA00Yes
05/31/2017CA00Yes
02/14/2014CA00Yes
07/03/2012CA00Yes
01/07/2008CA00Yes
02/11/2004CA00Yes
06/04/1999CA00Yes