Carrier profile · USDOT 1018535 · MC-426923 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

B LINE INCORPORATED

DBA B LINE INC

8 power unitsavg 11.6 yrRegional · 7 statesSTRAFFORD, MO100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-426923 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksblinemo.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 20.0%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 — 5 vehicle and 13 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 25.0 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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 2

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 8-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
8
Inspections · 24 mo
13
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
88%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
45%
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
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 397.3 Hazardous materials transportHM Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 70% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 23 total · 0 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20232022
20192012
20182012
20171001
20163113
20153013
20131001
20112002
20102012
20092012
20081001
20051111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 2, 2024IL00Yes
Oct 24, 2023MO01Yes
Jun 13, 2023MO02Yes
Jul 15, 2019IL02Yes
Jan 20, 2019MO00Yes
Sep 24, 2018IL02Yes
Jan 3, 2018IL00Yes
Mar 29, 2017MO00Yes
Dec 16, 2016MO02Yes
Jun 20, 2016MO10Yes
Mar 8, 2016MO00Yes
Sep 18, 2015IL00Yes
Jul 26, 2015IL01Yes
Apr 1, 2015IN00Yes
Dec 8, 2013AR00Yes
Aug 6, 2011MN00Yes
Jul 7, 2011MO00Yes
Oct 24, 2010KY00Yes
Jan 15, 2010IN03Yes
Dec 23, 2009AR01Yes
Sep 15, 2009NM00Yes
Jul 9, 2008IN00Yes
Apr 4, 2005MO11Yes