Ballentine Trucking Company LLC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
34 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 4
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 11
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 34
- Annualized
- ≈17 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 16 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving18 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 4 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 47 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2026 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 7, 2025 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 8, 2024 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2021 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 27, 2021 | MS | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| May 6, 2021 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2020 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 17, 2019 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 13, 2018 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 27, 2018 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 3, 2018 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 2018 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2017 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 22, 2016 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2014 | MS | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2014 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2014 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2013 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 25, 2013 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 22, 2012 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2012 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 9, 2011 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 2, 2010 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2010 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2010 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |