Bartels Truck Line Inc
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
48 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 5
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
- 38
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 49
- Annualized
- ≈25 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.6 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.
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving44 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 1 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
- 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
38 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 21, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 50 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2024 | NV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 4, 2023 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 19, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 8, 2022 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 25, 2021 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2021 | SD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2019 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 1, 2018 | IN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jul 19, 2017 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2017 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 10, 2016 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2016 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 23, 2016 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2015 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2015 | MN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 23, 2014 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2014 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 1, 2013 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2012 | MN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2011 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 11, 2011 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 19, 2011 | WY | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2011 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2011 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 1, 2010 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |