Carrier profile · USDOT 689949 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Panera LLC

DBA PANERA BREAD AND ST LOUIS BREAD CO

100 power unitsavg 4.5 yrNational · 22 statesFENTON, MO88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkspanerabread.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 16.7%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 — 60 vehicle and 105 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.7% · 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

97 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 8

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 100-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
100
Inspections · 24 mo
105
Annualized
≈53 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

22%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
30%
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 Driving34 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 6 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 11 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 8 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 231 total · 10 in 24 mo

231
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
11
Fatal
87
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20257026
2024100210
202310138
2022121412
2021182718
20209059
2019201419
2018161616
2017190319
20162031020
201511268
20148037
2013100510
20129039
2011130512
20107037
20093022
20084024
20075015
20063022
20053023
20046026
20034023
20021001
20011011
19991011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 6, 2026MA01Yes
Dec 13, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 5, 2025OH00Yes
Jul 28, 2025NY01No
May 11, 2025VA01Yes
Feb 16, 2025MI00Yes
Feb 1, 2025MN00Yes
Jan 19, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 16, 2024FL01Yes
Sep 13, 2024OK00Yes
Aug 4, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 31, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 21, 2024CA00Yes
May 6, 2024NC00Yes
Apr 23, 2024FL00Yes
Mar 22, 2024MI02Yes
Feb 24, 2024CA00Yes
Jan 9, 2024VA00Yes
Nov 29, 2023CA00Yes
Sep 28, 2023NC00Yes
Jul 28, 2023NJ00Yes
Jun 10, 2023TN01No
Apr 24, 2023FL00Yes
Apr 19, 2023PA00Yes
Jan 30, 2023TX10No