Carrier profile · USDOT 281683 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Bnsf Railway Company

DBA BNSF

2,973 power unitsavg 8.1 yrNational · 24 statesFORT WORTH, TX88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 18.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 409 vehicle and 594 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.9% · 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 5.9 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

577 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 37

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 2,973-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
2,973
Inspections · 24 mo
597
Annualized
≈299 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
25%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
83%
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 Driving211 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance118 · 15 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance73 · 68 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance38 · 6 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 28 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance23 · 14 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance20 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

17ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
5False logs
5Drove over hours

6 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 363 total · 26 in 24 mo

363
Total crashes
26
In last 24 mo
21
Fatal
132
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267037
2025131513
20249038
2023131412
2022121412
2021140514
20209028
2019171716
2018181418
2017140514
2016161516
2015142514
2014100210
20138018
2012110511
2011150711
2010101410
2009110111
2008100610
2007130711
20069029
2005122810
2004163715
200310159
2002110111
20018128
2000120712
1999121410
19985015
19976045
19963003
19954123
19944104
19934123
19922011
19911111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 19, 2026TX01Yes
May 4, 2026OR00Yes
Apr 22, 2026CA00Yes
Apr 2, 2026KS01Yes
Mar 26, 2026NE00Yes
Mar 10, 2026NE01Yes
Feb 3, 2026TX00Yes
Dec 2, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 1, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 7, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 27, 2025OK00Yes
Aug 14, 2025KS11Yes
Aug 13, 2025IL01Yes
Aug 4, 2025CO00Yes
Jul 30, 2025MO00Yes
Jul 23, 2025MO00Yes
Jun 25, 2025IA01Yes
Jun 9, 2025WY01Yes
Feb 19, 2025LA01Yes
Jan 14, 2025CO00Yes
Dec 9, 2024CA01Yes
Oct 17, 2024IL00Yes
Oct 16, 2024TX01No
Oct 3, 2024KS00Yes
Sep 26, 2024IL00Yes