Carrier profile · USDOT 422551 · MC-236188 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Bud Coley Trucking Inc

39 power unitsavg 7.9 yrNational · 16 statesTUPELO, MS94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-236188 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbudcoleytrucking.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 14.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 35 vehicle and 102 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 4.5 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

98 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 11

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 39-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
39
Inspections · 24 mo
102
Annualized
≈51 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

63%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
39%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
26%
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 Driving39 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 53 total · 1 in 24 mo

53
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20235024
20223013
20213003
20202011
20192002
20184024
20171011
20163013
20151011
20141001
20132002
20122012
20102002
20091011
20062002
20051001
20042002
20033003
20022011
19993013
19981001
19972022
19961001
19941011
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 31, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 28, 2024TN00Yes
Dec 8, 2023AL00Yes
Aug 8, 2023MS00Yes
Jul 7, 2023MS01Yes
Mar 9, 2023TN00Yes
Feb 2, 2023MS01No
Dec 15, 2022MS00Yes
Sep 26, 2022AL00Yes
Apr 25, 2022AR01Yes
Nov 17, 2021AL00Yes
May 5, 2021KY00Yes
Apr 12, 2021AL00Yes
Sep 3, 2020MS00Yes
Mar 5, 2020MS01No
May 24, 2019WV00Yes
Feb 12, 2019WI00Yes
Apr 26, 2018AL01Yes
Apr 23, 2018CT00Yes
Apr 5, 2018GA00Yes
Jan 23, 2018OH02Yes
Mar 21, 2017OK01Yes
Nov 18, 2016TN00Yes
Nov 6, 2016TN01Yes
Aug 8, 2016TN00Yes