Carrier profile · USDOT 1728782 · MC-633459 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BELL LOGISTICS CO

24 power unitsavg 9.7 yrNational · 17 statesCHILLICOTHE, OH74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-633459 ACTIVE
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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 35.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 28 vehicle and 52 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 6.3 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

51 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 24-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
24
Inspections · 24 mo
52
Annualized
≈26 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
59%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
73%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
6False logs
2Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 36 total · 4 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
20241011
20232002
20212122
20201011
20193013
20181001
20171011
20163013
20153032
20132002
20122012
20117026
20102021
20091001
20081011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 11, 2026KY00Yes
May 21, 2026WI00Yes
Mar 29, 2026MD00Yes
Mar 10, 2026OH00Yes
Mar 27, 2024KY04Yes
Jul 5, 2023WV00Yes
Jan 22, 2023PA00Yes
Nov 18, 2021OH01Yes
Apr 19, 2021KY11Yes
Nov 11, 2020WV01Yes
Dec 13, 2019OH00Yes
Apr 10, 2019NY00Yes
Feb 11, 2019TX01Yes
Jun 20, 2018VA00Yes
Jun 12, 2017PA02Yes
Oct 1, 2016MD00Yes
Sep 12, 2016SC01Yes
Mar 22, 2016PA00Yes
Jul 6, 2015OH01No
May 11, 2015MD01Yes
Apr 27, 2015PA03Yes
Jul 19, 2013KY00Yes
Jun 26, 2013VA00Yes
Jun 11, 2012OH00Yes
Jan 3, 2012MD01Yes