Carrier profile · USDOT 179219 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BAKER DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION

20 power unitsavg 5.2 yrLocal · 1 statesNORTH CLARENDON, VT81/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 23.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 28 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 13.8 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

28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 4

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 20-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 20
Inspections · 24 mo: 28
Annualized: ≈14 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

32%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

17%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

47%

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
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 42 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 23 total · 3 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	1	1
2025	2	1	0	2
2024	1	0	0	1
2023	2	0	1	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2017	2	0	2	2
2015	1	0	1	1
2013	2	0	2	2
2006	1	0	0	1
2005	1	1	1	1
2003	1	0	1	1
2001	1	0	1	0
1999	1	1	1	0
1998	1	0	1	1
1997	3	1	2	3
1995	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
May 28, 2026	VT	0	1	Yes
Feb 28, 2025	VT	1	0	Yes
Jan 16, 2025	VT	0	0	Yes
Feb 15, 2024	VT	0	0	Yes
Nov 9, 2023	VT	0	0	Yes
Jul 28, 2023	VT	0	1	No
Jan 5, 2021	VT	0	0	Yes
May 23, 2019	VT	0	0	Yes
Nov 7, 2017	VT	0	1	Yes
Jul 28, 2017	VT	0	1	Yes
Oct 30, 2015	VT	0	1	Yes
Oct 4, 2013	VT	0	1	Yes
Apr 18, 2013	VT	0	1	Yes
Mar 3, 2006	VT	0	0	Yes
Apr 20, 2005	VT	1	2	Yes
Jan 30, 2003	VT	0	1	Yes
Feb 15, 2001	VT	0	1	No
May 26, 1999	VT	1	2	No
Feb 8, 1998	VT	0	1	Yes
Oct 30, 1997	VT	2	1	Yes
Jul 17, 1997	VT	0	1	Yes
Apr 17, 1997	PA	0	0	Yes
Apr 4, 1995	VT	0	5	Yes