Carrier profile · USDOT 174005 · MC-148899 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Barlow Truck Lines Inc

DBA BARLOW

100 power unitsavg 4.7 yrNational · 36 statesFAUCETT, MO81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-148899 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbarlowtruckline.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 28.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 87 vehicle and 211 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.8% · 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 7.8 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

205 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 16

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 100-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
100
Inspections · 24 mo
211
Annualized
≈106 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
68%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
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 Driving122 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance40 · 29 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

50 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
10False logs
18Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 296 total · 12 in 24 mo

296
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
12
Fatal
110
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265005
20254014
20249019
2023100510
2022111611
2021130413
20208138
2019151515
20188018
20179037
20162002
20155005
2014102110
20132002
20126026
20115024
2010110511
20098048
2008130213
20079069
20063003
20057046
20048037
200311259
20022011
200110149
2000110411
1999140812
19984134
1997111511
1996140513
19957035
19949157
199311056
19926042
19914104
19901000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 28, 2026TN00Yes
Jun 26, 2026MO00Yes
Apr 12, 2026MD00Yes
Feb 8, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 6, 2026OH00Yes
Nov 5, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 20, 2025NC01Yes
Mar 17, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 4, 2025KS00Yes
Nov 24, 2024PA00Yes
Oct 8, 2024MA00Yes
Aug 19, 2024GA00Yes
Jun 10, 2024AR01Yes
Jun 6, 2024MO00Yes
Mar 26, 2024IN00Yes
Mar 13, 2024GA00Yes
Feb 21, 2024KS00Yes
Jan 5, 2024KS00Yes
Aug 22, 2023OK00Yes
Aug 4, 2023KS01Yes
Jul 9, 2023IL00Yes
Jun 30, 2023NC01Yes
Jun 28, 2023NC01Yes
Jun 26, 2023NC01Yes
Apr 20, 2023IL00Yes