Carrier profile · USDOT 1337564 · MC-545421 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

BJT Express Inc

DBA BULLPEN EXPRESS INC

405 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 32 statesHAMMOND, IN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-545421 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksbjtexpress.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 15.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 115 vehicle and 326 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 10.3 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

319 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 24

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 405-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
405
Inspections · 24 mo
327
Annualized
≈164 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

44%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
44%
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 Driving224 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance36 · 11 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 18 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

56 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

42ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
6Drove over hours

13 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 194 total · 28 in 24 mo

194
Total crashes
28
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
53
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266006
2025180317
2024110210
2023220622
2022160615
2021150715
2020100310
2019130412
2018140413
2017201320
2016140313
2015160615
2014190619
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 2, 2026IN00Yes
May 27, 2026IL00Yes
Feb 26, 2026WV00Yes
Feb 26, 2026SC00Yes
Feb 20, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 14, 2026IL00Yes
Nov 18, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 7, 2025NH00Yes
Oct 1, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 23, 2025PA00Yes
Sep 9, 2025IL00Yes
Aug 4, 2025WI00Yes
Aug 1, 2025NY03No
Jun 30, 2025GA00Yes
May 30, 2025CT00Yes
May 24, 2025TN00Yes
Mar 20, 2025NY01Yes
Mar 12, 2025IN00Yes
Mar 5, 2025IN00Yes
Feb 18, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 12, 2025IA00Yes
Feb 10, 2025MD01Yes
Feb 7, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 4, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 16, 2024OH02No