Carrier profile · USDOT 1212652 · MC-481885 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Bottomley Enterprises Inc

152 power unitsavg 4.1 yrNational · 37 statesMT AIRY, NC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-481885 ACTIVE

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 9.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 194 vehicle and 418 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.1% · 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 9.1 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

398 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 26

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 152-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
152
Inspections · 24 mo
418
Annualized
209 / yr
Coverage
1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
32%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
22%
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 Driving148 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 22 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

71 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

60ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
3False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 102 total · 23 in 24 mo

102
Total crashes
23
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
36
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266036
2025121312
2024121211
20239058
20225145
20214114
20208238
20193013
2018111511
20173123
20163003
20153113
20149029
20137027
20122012
20101011
20091001
20071001
20061001
19921001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 3, 2026WV00Yes
Apr 16, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 26, 2026OH01Yes
Feb 14, 2026NE01Yes
Jan 25, 2026VA00Yes
Jan 8, 2026CA01Yes
Dec 4, 2025LA00Yes
Nov 8, 2025TN01Yes
Oct 25, 2025NE00Yes
Aug 9, 2025NC00Yes
Aug 8, 2025MS23Yes
Aug 6, 2025UT00Yes
Jul 11, 2025MO00Yes
Jun 11, 2025WY00Yes
Apr 10, 2025NC00Yes
Apr 5, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 5, 2025NE00Yes
Jan 8, 2025NM04Yes
Dec 19, 2024MD00Yes
Dec 6, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 6, 2024AZ00Yes
Nov 5, 2024KY00Yes
Sep 13, 2024OR20Yes
Aug 2, 2024NC01No
Jul 2, 2024CO00Yes