Carrier profile · USDOT 2519125 · MC-869596 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Baytex Transport LLC

DBA BAYTEX LOGISTICS

61 power unitsavg 17.3 yrMulti-region · 8 statesCHANNELVIEW, TX75/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-869596 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbaytexgroup.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 25.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 170 vehicle and 183 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.6% · 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 22.0 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

183 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 16

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 61-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
61
Inspections · 24 mo
183
Annualized
≈92 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

28%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
94%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
82%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
90%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance114 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance55 · 18 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving53 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance50 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance47 · 17 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance44 · 21 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance39 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance37 · 10 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance30 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

87 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

43ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
9False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 7 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20257017
20243013
20221010
20212002
20201001
20182012
20172102
20163023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 12, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 11, 2025ND00Yes
Jul 8, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 23, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 12, 2025TX01Yes
Jan 30, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 18, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 28, 2024MI00Yes
Apr 17, 2024TX04Yes
Apr 15, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 18, 2022TX01No
Oct 25, 2021TX00Yes
Sep 8, 2021TX00Yes
Oct 27, 2020ND00Yes
Sep 7, 2018TX00Yes
Feb 28, 2018TX01Yes
Sep 1, 2017TX00Yes
Feb 20, 2017TX10Yes
Nov 12, 2016TX00Yes
Sep 5, 2016TX01Yes
Jun 8, 2016TX01Yes