Carrier profile · USDOT 285442 · MC-194598 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

B & T EXPRESS INC

296 power unitsavg 9 yrNational · 29 statesNORTH LIMA, OH81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-194598 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 31.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 279 vehicle and 521 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.5% · 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 1.9 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

502 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 30

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 296-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
296
Inspections · 24 mo
521
Annualized
≈261 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

88%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
79%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
77%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
65%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
79%
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 Driving194 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance123 · 30 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance77 · 69 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance72 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance44 · 29 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance44 · 19 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance36 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance29 · 6 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

71 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

26ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
10False logs
15Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 329 total · 27 in 24 mo

329
Total crashes
27
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
129
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
202610058
2025150413
2024100210
2023130912
2022130613
2021171417
2020170516
2019242324
2018212621
2017171315
2016140714
2015130711
2014211720
2013110611
2012121411
20119048
20109037
2009130612
200810039
200710048
200610067
20057034
20048037
20033023
20022011
20013022
20004133
19992022
19983032
19973023
19951001
19941010
19931011
19922021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 4, 2026MS01Yes
Jun 11, 2026AL00Yes
May 30, 2026TN03Yes
May 28, 2026MS00Yes
Apr 6, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 29, 2026VA00Yes
Feb 20, 2026OH01Yes
Jan 29, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 20, 2026OH01No
Jan 5, 2026OH01No
Dec 11, 2025PA00Yes
Nov 26, 2025NJ00Yes
Nov 10, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 4, 2025TN00Yes
Sep 21, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 25, 2025MS00Yes
Aug 15, 2025AL00Yes
Jul 17, 2025AL01No
Apr 22, 2025AL01Yes
Mar 25, 2025GA02Yes
Mar 21, 2025MD00Yes
Mar 4, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 18, 2025OH00Yes
Feb 4, 2025AL00Yes
Jan 10, 2025MD01No