Carrier profile · USDOT 573771 · MC-279577 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Bayer Trucking LLC

75 power unitsavg 5.5 yrNational · 17 statesBELGRADE, MN100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-279577 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbayerbuilt.comFMCSA SAFER

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 4.0%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 — 76 vehicle and 167 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 4.1 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

161 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 12

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 75-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
75
Inspections · 24 mo
167
Annualized
≈84 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

43%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
6%
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 Driving30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.17 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 16, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

Crash history· 46 total · 0 in 24 mo

46
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20233003
20223103
20211001
20191001
20172012
20164034
20153003
20142002
20132012
20122002
20104034
20091001
20081001
20072012
20063013
20051011
20042112
20031011
20022012
20011001
19981011
19972011
19961001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 4, 2024MN00Yes
Oct 18, 2023IA00Yes
Oct 5, 2023MN00Yes
Feb 23, 2023ND00Yes
Dec 5, 2022MT00Yes
May 20, 2022MN00Yes
Feb 16, 2022MN10Yes
Jan 25, 2021NE00Yes
Jul 15, 2019MN00Yes
Feb 24, 2017WI01Yes
Jan 10, 2017MN00Yes
Nov 14, 2016MN02Yes
Jul 11, 2016MN01Yes
Apr 18, 2016IA00Yes
Feb 7, 2016MN02Yes
Nov 19, 2015SD00Yes
Oct 27, 2015WA00Yes
May 21, 2015MI00Yes
Nov 25, 2014ND00Yes
Mar 7, 2014MN00Yes
Aug 27, 2013OH01Yes
Jun 3, 2013WI00Yes
Jun 11, 2012SD00Yes
Jan 18, 2012MN00Yes
Sep 14, 2010MN02Yes