Carrier profile · USDOT 1254676 · MC-491724 · Updated Jul 12, 2026

Bal Carrier Inc

7 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 19 statesFONTANA, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-491724 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbalcarrierinc.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 16.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 50 vehicle and 78 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

83 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈6.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
7
Inspections · 24 mo
92
Annualized
≈46 / yr
Coverage
≈6.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

62%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
46%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
24%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
32%
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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 11 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

25ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
3Drove over hours

8 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 69 total · 1 in 24 mo

69
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
22
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20243023
20238027
2022131413
2021101210
2020100210
20181001
20173023
20163013
20141001
20134014
20123033
20111001
20103013
20091001
20071001
20064024
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 20, 2024FL01Yes
Apr 10, 2024IN00Yes
Jan 31, 2024OK02Yes
May 31, 2023GA00Yes
May 6, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 27, 2023PA00Yes
Mar 12, 2023PA00Yes
Mar 2, 2023MN00Yes
Feb 28, 2023TX01No
Jan 18, 2023OK00Yes
Jan 13, 2023AL01Yes
Dec 13, 2022OK00Yes
Nov 10, 2022IN00Yes
Nov 9, 2022CA00Yes
Aug 30, 2022GA00Yes
Aug 30, 2022TN01Yes
Jul 21, 2022AZ00Yes
Jul 19, 2022NM03Yes
Jun 30, 2022CA01Yes
May 24, 2022NY00Yes
May 1, 2022NV00Yes
Mar 2, 2022TX00Yes
Feb 24, 2022MO00Yes
Feb 2, 2022NM16Yes
Dec 11, 2021NM00Yes