Carrier profile · USDOT 549908 · MC-272307 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

BATES BROS INC

19 power unitsavg 12.3 yrRegional · 5 statesALTUS, OK88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-272307 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 9.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 14.3 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

13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 4

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 19-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 19
Inspections · 24 mo: 13
Annualized: ≈7 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

22%

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 Driving4 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 18 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 23 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	1	1
2023	1	0	0	1
2021	2	0	0	2
2020	2	0	0	2
2018	2	0	0	2
2017	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	0	1
2015	2	1	1	2
2012	2	0	0	2
2009	4	0	2	4
2006	1	0	0	1
2005	2	0	2	0
2001	1	1	0	0
2000	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
May 7, 2025	TX	0	1	Yes
Apr 19, 2023	OK	0	0	Yes
Aug 18, 2021	TX	0	0	Yes
Mar 8, 2021	OK	0	0	Yes
Jul 16, 2020	OK	0	0	Yes
Jan 11, 2020	OK	0	0	Yes
Jun 23, 2018	OK	0	0	Yes
Mar 22, 2018	OK	0	0	Yes
May 29, 2017	OK	0	0	Yes
Jun 8, 2016	OK	0	0	Yes
Oct 7, 2015	OK	1	1	Yes
Mar 30, 2015	OK	0	0	Yes
Sep 7, 2012	OK	0	0	Yes
Mar 17, 2012	OK	0	0	Yes
Dec 24, 2009	OK	0	0	Yes
Sep 2, 2009	TX	0	1	Yes
Sep 2, 2009	TX	0	1	Yes
Jul 8, 2009	TX	0	0	Yes
Jun 16, 2006	TX	0	0	Yes
Nov 15, 2005	OK	0	1	No
Nov 11, 2005	OK	0	3	No
Oct 9, 2001	OK	1	0	No
Oct 23, 2000	OK	0	0	Yes