Carrier profile · USDOT 2469063 · MC-853816 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

BHF EXPRESS LLC

31 power unitsavg 7.8 yrMulti-region · 14 statesBOWLING GREEN, KY74/100
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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 40.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 61 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 35.7 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

59 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 5

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 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
61
Annualized
≈31 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

30%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
81%
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.

  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 13 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

29 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

24ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 96% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 36 total · 4 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20252012
20241001
20232002
20223013
20212012
20204034
20193013
20184124
20176016
20163003
20153013
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 8, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 13, 2026OH02Yes
Aug 19, 2025OH00Yes
Feb 27, 2025TX02Yes
Mar 26, 2024AR00Yes
Apr 20, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 13, 2023AR00Yes
Dec 16, 2022AR00Yes
Dec 3, 2022KY00Yes
Feb 15, 2022TN01Yes
Aug 25, 2021KY01Yes
Mar 17, 2021KY00Yes
Jul 13, 2020KY01Yes
Jun 21, 2020KY01Yes
Feb 7, 2020KY00Yes
Jan 24, 2020OH01Yes
Oct 9, 2019NY00Yes
Jul 23, 2019NY00Yes
Jul 12, 2019NC02Yes
Dec 9, 2018TX01Yes
Nov 10, 2018FL13Yes
Oct 26, 2018KY00Yes
Jul 12, 2018NY00Yes
Dec 23, 2017CT00Yes
Nov 19, 2017GA00Yes