Carrier profile · USDOT 852066 · MC-852453 · Updated Jul 9, 2026

Bell Nursery USA LLC

DBA BELL NURSERY

65 power unitsavg 8 yrNational · 16 statesBURTONSVILLE, MD88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-852453 ACTIVE
Verified linksbellnursery.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 13.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 100 vehicle and 162 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.5% · 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 13.8 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

159 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 15

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 65-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
65
Inspections · 24 mo
162
Annualized
≈81 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
73%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving45 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance31 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 15 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

40 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
8False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 39 total · 7 in 24 mo

39
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20255024
20241001
20236136
20202012
20193013
20182012
20174014
20161010
20151011
20144004
20132002
20121001
20111010
20091001
20071011
20062012
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 1, 2026VA01Yes
Oct 21, 2025VA01Yes
Sep 4, 2025VA00Yes
Jul 21, 2025NC02No
Apr 30, 2025VA00Yes
Apr 6, 2025MD00Yes
Oct 10, 2024PA00Yes
Oct 25, 2023NC01Yes
Aug 1, 2023GA00Yes
Jul 28, 2023MI11Yes
May 20, 2023MD00Yes
Apr 27, 2023GA00Yes
Feb 6, 2023DE01Yes
Oct 3, 2020NC02Yes
May 28, 2020VA00Yes
Jun 7, 2019OH01Yes
Apr 20, 2019MD00Yes
Jan 28, 2019MD00Yes
Jul 12, 2018DE02Yes
Jan 20, 2018GA00Yes
Jul 25, 2017PA00Yes
Jun 6, 2017OH01Yes
May 27, 2017OH00Yes
May 10, 2017VA00Yes
Aug 10, 2016MD02No