Carrier profile · USDOT 443699 · MC-242124 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Bailess Trucking Inc

19 power unitsavg 7 yrNational · 16 statesLYNCHBURG, VA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-242124 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 11.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 44 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 22.2 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

43 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 19-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
19
Inspections · 24 mo
44
Annualized
≈22 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

49%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
67%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
20%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
21%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.71 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False 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· 25 total · 2 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20243013
20231001
20221001
20191001
20182012
20172002
20163013
20142012
20132022
20121001
20111011
20071011
20051001
19991001
19981011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 3, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 16, 2025GA00Yes
Aug 9, 2024OH00Yes
May 7, 2024VA00Yes
Feb 23, 2024NY01Yes
Nov 20, 2023SC00Yes
Jul 9, 2022VA00Yes
Feb 5, 2019TN00Yes
Nov 27, 2018NC01Yes
Feb 27, 2018GA00Yes
Nov 10, 2017VA00Yes
Jul 17, 2017OH00Yes
Sep 29, 2016MI01Yes
Jun 23, 2016WV00Yes
Jan 26, 2016GA00Yes
Dec 2, 2014VA01Yes
Oct 6, 2014TX00Yes
Sep 8, 2013FL03Yes
Jan 9, 2013TX01Yes
Apr 3, 2012LA00Yes
Feb 2, 2011SC01Yes
Apr 18, 2007VA02Yes
Feb 1, 2005KY00Yes
Mar 12, 1999KS00Yes
Jun 13, 1998VA01Yes