Bear Cartage & Intermodal 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
104 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 9
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
- 155
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 112
- Annualized
- ≈56 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 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.
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving65 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance41 · 9 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 4 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 9 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 172.519 Other violationOther9 · 8 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
46 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.
Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 150 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 11 | |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2026 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2025 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 5, 2025 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2024 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 21, 2024 | IL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2023 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 24, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2023 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 2023 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2023 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 16, 2023 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2023 | MN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 3, 2022 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2022 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 24, 2022 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 26, 2022 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2022 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 23, 2021 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 29, 2021 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 2021 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 22, 2021 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 2021 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2021 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |