Bates Trucking Co 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
22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 3
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
- 172
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 22
- Annualized
- ≈11 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 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.
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 3 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving20 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS
- 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 33 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 136 total · 15 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2026 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 14, 2026 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 9, 2026 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 17, 2026 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 2026 | DC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2026 | MD | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 6, 2025 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 3, 2025 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 15, 2025 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 2, 2025 | MD | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Dec 6, 2024 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 30, 2024 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 22, 2024 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2024 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 21, 2024 | MD | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 24, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2024 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 24, 2024 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2024 | VA | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Jan 24, 2024 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 2024 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 11, 2024 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 1, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 10, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2023 | VA | 0 | 2 | Yes |