Carrier profile · USDOT 2277521 · MC-778012 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BARAKAT GROUND INC

47 power unitsavg 6.9 yrMulti-region · 14 statesMARKHAM, IL68/100
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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 41.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 34 vehicle and 107 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 26.3 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

104 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 9

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 47-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
47
Inspections · 24 mo
107
Annualized
≈54 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

84%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
56%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
58%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
80%
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 Driving54 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance21 · 10 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 7 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

33 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
13No log / no ELD
3False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 82% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 17 total · 4 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20251001
20231011
20224114
20213013
20192012
20181001
20171001
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 2, 2026OK00Yes
Feb 18, 2026MO00Yes
Jan 26, 2026AR00Yes
Nov 15, 2025MO00Yes
Oct 31, 2023IL01Yes
Dec 22, 2022AL00Yes
Nov 18, 2022OH01Yes
Oct 22, 2022MO10Yes
Sep 15, 2022IN00Yes
Nov 29, 2021AR01Yes
Nov 3, 2021OK00Yes
Jan 25, 2021AL00Yes
Feb 27, 2019FL02Yes
Feb 23, 2019KY00Yes
Mar 18, 2018LA00Yes
Dec 29, 2017MI00Yes
Jan 30, 2016WI00Yes