Carrier profile · USDOT 124073 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Ben Tire Distributors Ltd

DBA NEAL TIRE & AUTO SERVICE

42 power unitsavg 3 yrRegional · 7 statesTOLEDO, IL94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbentire.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 6.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 48 vehicle and 85 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 6.4 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

80 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 6

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 42-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
42
Inspections · 24 mo
85
Annualized
≈43 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

26%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
9%
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 Driving30 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.19 Unified registration / MCS-150Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 27, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 28 total · 1 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20241001
20231011
20222002
20213013
20193013
20161011
20151001
20142012
20131001
20122002
20102002
20091001
20081001
20062012
20052012
20031001
20021011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 28, 2025KY01Yes
Mar 26, 2024KY00Yes
Feb 11, 2023IL01Yes
Nov 2, 2022IN00Yes
Mar 28, 2022IN00Yes
Oct 15, 2021IL00Yes
Aug 12, 2021KY01Yes
Jun 11, 2021IL00Yes
Nov 8, 2019KY01Yes
Sep 6, 2019IL00Yes
Jun 24, 2019KY00Yes
May 26, 2016KY02Yes
Jun 11, 2015IN00Yes
Mar 7, 2014IN03Yes
Feb 5, 2014IL00Yes
May 24, 2013IL00Yes
May 29, 2012IN00Yes
Mar 23, 2012IN00Yes
Dec 14, 2010KY00Yes
May 18, 2010KY00Yes
Nov 4, 2009IL00Yes
Feb 12, 2008IN00Yes
Oct 31, 2006IL00Yes
Jul 28, 2006KY01Yes
Apr 13, 2005IN00Yes