Carrier profile · USDOT 75771 · MC-52473 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

BEHNKE INC

51 power unitsavg 6.3 yrRegional · 6 statesBATTLE CREEK, MI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-52473 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 9.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 41 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 2.0 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

40 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 5

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 51-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
51
Inspections · 24 mo
41
Annualized
≈21 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

33%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
14%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
60%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
31%
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 Driving42 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

39 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 28, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

35ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 116 total · 6 in 24 mo

116
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
48
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20245025
20234004
20221001
20217017
20204014
20194014
20185005
20176016
20161001
20154024
20142012
20133013
20125025
20114034
20093013
20084014
20072012
20064014
20052022
20045024
20032012
20025034
20011001
20003031
19991101
19983022
19974023
19963032
19954033
19944032
19934042
19922001
19912001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 7, 2026IN00Yes
Oct 30, 2025OH03Yes
Jul 11, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 29, 2024IL05Yes
Dec 5, 2024OH00Yes
Aug 28, 2024MI00Yes
Jul 31, 2024MI00Yes
Mar 13, 2024KY01Yes
Oct 3, 2023OH00Yes
Jun 15, 2023MI00Yes
Mar 3, 2023IL00Yes
Jan 16, 2023IN00Yes
Jul 11, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 22, 2021MI01Yes
Aug 11, 2021MI00Yes
Jul 12, 2021IN00Yes
May 6, 2021MI00Yes
Apr 16, 2021IN00Yes
Apr 6, 2021MI00Yes
Feb 23, 2021MI00Yes
Dec 18, 2020MI00Yes
May 27, 2020IN00Yes
Mar 5, 2020IN01Yes
Feb 22, 2020MI00Yes
Oct 20, 2019MI00Yes