Carrier profile · USDOT 161866 · MC-685487 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Bettendorf Enterprises Inc

DBA BETTENDORF TRUCKING

173 power unitsavg 11.8 yrRegional · 3 statesARCATA, CA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-685487 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 22.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 229 vehicle and 270 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.5% · 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 3.0 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

257 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 22

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 173-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
173
Inspections · 24 mo
270
Annualized
≈135 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

19%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
65%
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 Driving64 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance55 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance53 · 24 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance47 · 16 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance39 · 34 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance25 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 9 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 16 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 230 total · 12 in 24 mo

230
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
13
Fatal
85
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265015
20254014
2024100310
2023101310
20228028
20216006
20203023
20195125
20185025
20174014
2016120512
20153112
20148117
20135015
20126016
20119039
20105145
20096116
20088158
20079049
20068028
2005151515
2004142614
20037147
20029057
20016006
2000101210
19998048
19984024
19977157
19962022
19952022
19941001
19931011
19912010
19903010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 15, 2026OR00Yes
Apr 11, 2026CA00Yes
Apr 7, 2026CA01Yes
Feb 10, 2026OR00Yes
Jan 19, 2026OR00Yes
Apr 23, 2025OR00Yes
Feb 7, 2025CA01Yes
Jan 27, 2025CA00Yes
Jan 13, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 6, 2024CA00Yes
Dec 5, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 5, 2024CA00Yes
Aug 6, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 24, 2024CA01Yes
Jun 1, 2024OR00Yes
May 17, 2024CA01Yes
Feb 16, 2024OR00Yes
Feb 13, 2024OR01Yes
Feb 4, 2024OR00Yes
Dec 16, 2023CA00Yes
Dec 8, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 6, 2023OR00Yes
Jun 30, 2023OR00Yes
Jun 27, 2023OR01Yes
May 9, 2023OR00Yes