Carrier profile · USDOT 2566955 · MC-495495 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Bia Group LLC

117 power unitsavg 5.1 yrNational · 41 statesMOUNT PROSPECT, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-495495 ACTIVE
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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 23.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 152 vehicle and 326 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.5% · 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 4.2 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

315 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 21

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 117-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
117
Inspections · 24 mo
326
Annualized
≈163 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
49%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
63%
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 Driving94 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 34 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance21 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

11ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
6False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 39 total · 8 in 24 mo

39
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20251001
2024100510
20231001
20226015
20216006
20203003
20191010
20175005
20162112
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 17, 2026KS00Yes
Feb 19, 2026MS00Yes
Jan 14, 2026AZ01Yes
Oct 30, 2025NE00Yes
Nov 13, 2024SC00Yes
Nov 12, 2024VA01Yes
Oct 11, 2024FL00Yes
Sep 24, 2024TN00Yes
Jun 4, 2024KS00Yes
Mar 12, 2024PA01Yes
Feb 17, 2024MT01Yes
Feb 16, 2024KS00Yes
Jan 30, 2024CT01Yes
Jan 3, 2024WA01Yes
Feb 16, 2023WV00Yes
Oct 29, 2022IN00Yes
Oct 28, 2022TX01No
Oct 14, 2022TX00Yes
Sep 2, 2022MO00Yes
Jul 23, 2022FL00Yes
Feb 18, 2022KS00Yes
Aug 25, 2021AR00Yes
Jul 26, 2021MT00Yes
Apr 11, 2021IN00Yes
Mar 6, 2021NJ00Yes