Carrier profile · USDOT 159837 · MC-204164 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BTI SPECIAL COMMODITIES INC

13 power unitsavg 7.6 yrNational · 19 statesDES MOINES, IA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-204164 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 27.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 30 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 32.0 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

28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 3

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
1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 13-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
30
Annualized
15 / yr
Coverage
1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 21, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 121 total · 3 in 24 mo

121
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
48
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20241001
20201001
20191011
20182112
20172002
20162002
20157026
20143023
20134013
20122012
20118247
20104023
20092012
20085005
20075005
20066026
20053013
20048048
20036035
20027137
20014023
20008038
19997037
19985133
19973022
19963013
19952012
19941010
19933022
19923012
19911010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 25, 2025PA00Yes
May 28, 2025MD00Yes
Oct 17, 2024IN00Yes
Feb 17, 2020PA00Yes
Jul 17, 2019WV01Yes
Mar 26, 2018UT14Yes
Jan 30, 2018MO00Yes
Sep 22, 2017MS00Yes
May 18, 2017MN00Yes
Jun 1, 2016AR00Yes
Feb 5, 2016IL00Yes
Dec 3, 2015NE00Yes
Nov 12, 2015PA00Yes
Nov 9, 2015PA00Yes
Jul 8, 2015OH01No
Apr 17, 2015IA01Yes
Mar 13, 2015PA00Yes
Jan 20, 2015IA00Yes
Jun 20, 2014OH02Yes
Mar 19, 2014IL00Yes
Jan 5, 2014IL01Yes
Oct 3, 2013PA00Yes
Aug 15, 2013MN00Yes
Aug 6, 2013OH01No
Mar 28, 2013IA00Yes