Carrier profile · USDOT 916414 · MC-415513 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

B & N Trucking Inc

85 power unitsavg 7.6 yrMulti-region · 15 statesMT STERLING, IL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-415513 ACTIVE
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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 21.9%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 — 41 vehicle and 113 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.3% · 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 13.6 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

111 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 10

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 85-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
85
Inspections · 24 mo
113
Annualized
≈57 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

34%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
45%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
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 Driving47 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 24 total · 4 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20252002
20232012
20223013
20212002
20202012
20181001
20171001
20163003
20151001
20141001
20121011
20111001
20101001
20021001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 13, 2026MO00Yes
Feb 23, 2026MO00Yes
Dec 9, 2025IL00Yes
Jan 24, 2025IN00Yes
May 9, 2023KS01Yes
Mar 24, 2023IA00Yes
Nov 30, 2022IL00Yes
Aug 26, 2022KY00Yes
Jul 21, 2022KS01Yes
Nov 9, 2021IL00Yes
Sep 1, 2021MO00Yes
Aug 24, 2020TN00Yes
May 25, 2020IL02Yes
Dec 27, 2018MN00Yes
Mar 27, 2017IL00Yes
Oct 24, 2016MO00Yes
Oct 13, 2016MO00Yes
Jul 26, 2016KY00Yes
Dec 30, 2015IL00Yes
Mar 21, 2014MO00Yes
Aug 29, 2012OK01Yes
Feb 23, 2011TN00Yes
Oct 8, 2010KS00Yes
Dec 29, 2002IL00Yes