Carrier profile · USDOT 83908 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Barnhill Contracting Company

194 power unitsavg 6 yrLocal · 1 statesROCKY MOUNT, NC88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
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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 3.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 436 vehicle and 632 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.2% · 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

609 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 45

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
≈1.6 / 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
194
Inspections · 24 mo
632
Annualized
≈316 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
3%
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 12 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.106 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.70 Coupling devices / fifth wheelVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 903 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 141 total · 15 in 24 mo

141
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
82
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266036
20257047
20244033
20236045
20221010
20213013
20202022
20198048
20188057
20178067
20165115
20152012
20144023
20133031
20112012
20106026
20096045
20088047
2007130612
20067126
20053113
20042022
20032122
20021011
20011011
20001011
19993003
19981011
19976135
19966064
19954034
19942022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 29, 2026NC00Yes
Jul 8, 2026NC01Yes
Jul 8, 2026NC01Yes
Jul 1, 2026NC00Yes
Jun 5, 2026NC00Yes
Apr 23, 2026NC01Yes
Nov 17, 2025NC01Yes
Aug 15, 2025NC00Yes
Jun 27, 2025NC00Yes
Apr 23, 2025NC01Yes
Apr 8, 2025NC01Yes
Mar 27, 2025NC02Yes
Mar 20, 2025NC00Yes
Dec 2, 2024NC01Yes
Nov 8, 2024NC00Yes
Jun 4, 2024NC01No
Mar 26, 2024NC01Yes
Nov 9, 2023NC04No
Nov 1, 2023NC02Yes
Oct 9, 2023NC00Yes
Jul 17, 2023NC01Yes
Jul 17, 2023NC00Yes
Apr 17, 2023NC02Yes
Dec 8, 2022NC01No
Mar 23, 2021NC00Yes