Carrier profile · USDOT 497188 · MC-961235 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Baynor Inc

20 power unitsavg 5.5 yrRegional · 5 statesPLYMOUTH, NC76/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-961235 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 16.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 22.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 50 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 3.3 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

46 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 20-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
50
Annualized
25 / yr
Coverage
1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
91%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
77%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
26%
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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance24 · 12 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

35 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
14False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 39 total · 2 in 24 mo

39
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20243023
20223013
20213023
20203023
20192122
20181011
20151001
20142102
20132012
20122021
20111001
20102002
20092012
20082021
20071011
20051001
20032002
19992102
19982022
19961011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 28, 2025NC00Yes
Sep 10, 2024SC01Yes
Jul 8, 2024OH00Yes
May 22, 2024NC01Yes
Dec 21, 2022SC00Yes
Oct 7, 2022SC00Yes
May 14, 2022SC01Yes
Sep 23, 2021NC04Yes
Sep 13, 2021VA01Yes
Feb 4, 2021NC00Yes
Nov 7, 2020NC00Yes
Apr 21, 2020NC01Yes
Mar 21, 2020SC03Yes
Oct 4, 2019SC12Yes
Feb 20, 2019VA01Yes
Apr 10, 2018GA01Yes
Nov 18, 2015MD00Yes
Nov 16, 2014NC00Yes
Sep 4, 2014VA10Yes
Dec 14, 2013OH01Yes
Dec 6, 2013VA00Yes
Oct 26, 2012NC01No
Apr 24, 2012NC01Yes
Jul 26, 2011SC00Yes
Sep 20, 2010VA00Yes