Carrier profile · USDOT 2918156 · MC-983574 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Bluebird Freight Lines Inc

48 power unitsavg 8.5 yrRegional · 5 statesYUBA CITY, CA88/100
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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 13.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 189 vehicle and 233 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 8.6 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

227 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 19

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
≈2.4 / 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
48
Inspections · 24 mo
234
Annualized
≈117 / yr
Coverage
≈2.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
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 Driving53 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 23 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance24 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

10ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
14False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 3 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252011
20246016
20232012
20221001
20213113
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 5, 2025CA01No
May 30, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 11, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 16, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 11, 2024OR00Yes
Jun 24, 2024CA00Yes
Jun 24, 2024CA01Yes
Apr 10, 2024WA00Yes
Mar 4, 2023AZ00Yes
Jan 4, 2023CA01Yes
May 23, 2022CA00Yes
Nov 8, 2021CA10Yes
Jul 2, 2021CA00Yes
Feb 27, 2021NV01Yes
Oct 6, 2019OR00Yes