Carrier profile · USDOT 2334913 · MC-797238 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Bhandal Bros Inc

65 power unitsavg 4.9 yrMulti-region · 11 statesHOLLISTER, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-797238 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbhandalbros.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 14.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 298 vehicle and 450 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.4% · 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 5.7 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

438 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 32

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈3.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
65
Inspections · 24 mo
456
Annualized
≈228 / yr
Coverage
≈3.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

94%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
82%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
30%
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 Driving181 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance60 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance51 · 45 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance40 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance26 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance20 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 9 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

173 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

80ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
38False logs
26Drove over hours

Trending worse — 74% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 45 total · 7 in 24 mo

45
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20254004
20242002
20235024
20223003
20216126
20204014
20196026
20184014
20173013
20163003
20152012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 20, 2026CA00Yes
May 26, 2026WA00Yes
Feb 25, 2026CO02Yes
Oct 24, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 20, 2025UT00Yes
Jun 1, 2025CA00Yes
Jan 19, 2025AZ00Yes
Feb 18, 2024CA00Yes
Feb 14, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 9, 2023CA01No
Aug 2, 2023AZ00Yes
Mar 14, 2023CA00Yes
Feb 21, 2023OR00Yes
Feb 2, 2023CA01Yes
Nov 15, 2022AZ00Yes
Oct 10, 2022PA00Yes
Feb 24, 2022ID00Yes
Dec 27, 2021TX00Yes
Dec 2, 2021CA11Yes
May 11, 2021TX00Yes
Mar 18, 2021AZ00Yes
Jan 18, 2021AZ02Yes
Jan 17, 2021AZ00Yes
Nov 20, 2020CA01Yes
May 22, 2020CA00Yes