Carrier profile · USDOT 685632 · MC-318639 · Updated Jul 29, 2026

BC 5 INC

9 power unitsavg 11.5 yrRegional · 7 statesLUCEDALE, MS70/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-318639 INACTIVE
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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 12.5%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 — 8 vehicle and 22 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 20.0 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

20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 3

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 9-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
9
Inspections · 24 mo
22
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
19%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
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 Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.86 Rear impact guard / bumperVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 16, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 14 total · 1 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251111
20212002
20203023
20181001
20173003
20141011
20121001
20102111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 16, 2025MS12Yes
Aug 29, 2021AL00Yes
Apr 7, 2021OK00Yes
Jul 26, 2020AL01Yes
Jun 7, 2020FL01Yes
Feb 6, 2020KY00Yes
Nov 9, 2018MS00Yes
Aug 4, 2017GA00Yes
Jun 20, 2017AZ00Yes
Mar 23, 2017NM00Yes
Jun 16, 2014MS01Yes
Oct 19, 2012LA00Yes
Jul 28, 2010WY01Yes
Jan 14, 2010MD10No