Carrier profile · USDOT 3953842 · MC-1472334 · Updated Jul 16, 2026

BILATO LLC

130 power unitsavg 5.3 yrNational · 41 statesMEQUON, WI87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1472334 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbilatollc.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 28.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 200 vehicle and 411 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.9% · 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 17.7 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

404 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 34

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 130-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
130
Inspections · 24 mo
411
Annualized
≈206 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

92%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
58%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
67%
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 Driving188 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance40 · 35 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance36 · 9 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance28 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 10 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 13 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

56 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

25ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
25False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 72% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 28 total · 22 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
22
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265025
2025160615
20244004
20233003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 9, 2026KY00Yes
May 21, 2026OH00Yes
May 6, 2026OH04Yes
Apr 2, 2026TN00Yes
Feb 5, 2026SC01Yes
Dec 20, 2025SC01Yes
Sep 19, 2025LA00Yes
Sep 19, 2025SC00Yes
Sep 15, 2025OR01Yes
Aug 27, 2025OH00Yes
Aug 5, 2025OK00Yes
Jul 11, 2025LA00Yes
May 3, 2025CO01Yes
Apr 26, 2025IN00Yes
Apr 16, 2025CO01Yes
Mar 30, 2025OH00Yes
Mar 13, 2025IN00Yes
Feb 18, 2025KS04Yes
Feb 5, 2025TX01No
Jan 9, 2025KS00Yes
Jan 4, 2025KS00Yes
Aug 6, 2024GA00Yes
Jul 25, 2024SD00Yes
Jun 13, 2024IN00Yes
Jun 12, 2024GA00Yes