BAY LINES 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
39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 4
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
- 24
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 41
- Annualized
- ≈21 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.9 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.
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
8 ELD violations in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 105 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2004 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2026 | FL | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 1, 2026 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2024 | AL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 18, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 24, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2024 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 10, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 1, 2022 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 26, 2020 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 7, 2019 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 4, 2019 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2018 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 18, 2018 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2017 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2017 | FL | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2017 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2015 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2015 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2015 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2015 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 26, 2015 | FL | 1 | 3 | Yes |
| Dec 19, 2014 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 18, 2014 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 27, 2013 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |