Carrier profile · USDOT 343613 · MC-1565632 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

WALTER PERKINS

DBA PERKINS TRUCKING CO

6 power unitsavg 8 yrRegional · 3 statesSEAT PLEASANT, MD88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1565632 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

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

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 6-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
6
Inspections · 24 mo
8
Annualized
≈4 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

32%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
41%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
9%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
7%
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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 382.501 Controlled substances / alcoholControlled Substances1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 18 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 18 total · 1 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242012
20231011
20212002
20201011
20185052
20141001
20131010
20121001
20081011
20021001
20011011
19961010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 9, 2024VA01Yes
Mar 11, 2024DC00Yes
Feb 7, 2023MD01Yes
May 27, 2021MD00Yes
Apr 6, 2021MD00Yes
Jan 2, 2020MD05Yes
Dec 3, 2018MD01No
Aug 14, 2018DC01No
Jun 18, 2018DC01No
Feb 9, 2018MD01Yes
Jan 11, 2018DC02Yes
Oct 24, 2014MD00Yes
Apr 6, 2013DC01No
Feb 16, 2012MD00Yes
Oct 13, 2008MD01Yes
Sep 28, 2002DC00Yes
Mar 1, 2001DC01Yes
Aug 23, 1996MD01No