Safety · Carrier profile · USDOT 190818

BERNHARDT TRANSPORTATION LLC

LENOIR, NC 81

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 30.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 20 vehicle and 66 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 8.1 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

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 31-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 31
Inspections · 24 mo: 66
Annualized: ≈33 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

43%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

57%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

41%

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 Driving18
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1
393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 94 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 28 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	2	0	1	2
2022	1	0	1	0
2019	3	0	0	3
2016	2	0	0	2
2014	2	0	1	2
2013	1	0	0	1
2012	1	1	0	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2010	2	1	1	2
2008	1	0	0	1
2006	2	0	1	1
2005	1	0	0	1
2003	3	0	2	2
2002	1	0	1	1
2001	2	0	1	2
2000	1	0	1	1
1997	2	0	1	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
07/17/2025	MN	0	0	Yes
05/16/2025	SC	0	1	Yes
02/07/2022	FL	0	1	No
09/19/2019	PA	0	0	Yes
09/09/2019	CT	0	0	Yes
05/11/2019	NC	0	0	Yes
12/22/2016	VA	0	0	Yes
02/19/2016	VA	0	0	Yes
04/13/2014	VA	0	2	Yes
01/27/2014	SC	0	0	Yes
10/19/2013	TN	0	0	Yes
08/10/2012	AL	1	0	Yes
10/02/2011	VA	0	0	Yes
07/13/2010	NJ	0	0	Yes
06/21/2010	TX	1	1	Yes
07/24/2008	PA	0	0	Yes
12/07/2006	NJ	0	0	Yes
06/07/2006	NC	0	1	No
03/09/2005	GA	0	0	Yes
12/10/2003	SC	0	1	Yes
10/23/2003	PA	0	1	No
08/04/2003	FL	0	0	Yes
04/06/2002	SC	0	1	Yes
11/09/2001	VA	0	1	Yes
03/21/2001	CO	0	0	Yes