Carrier profile · USDOT 843883 · MC-370920 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Buddy Moore Trucking Inc

359 power unitsavg 5.7 yrNational · 30 statesBIRMINGHAM, AL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-370920 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 31.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 297 vehicle and 647 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

34.2% · 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 12.5 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

634 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 359-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
359
Inspections · 24 mo
648
Annualized
324 / yr
Coverage
0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

61%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
21%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
68%
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 Driving239 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance88 · 74 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance73 · 22 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance55 · 20 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance39 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance34 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance24 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 9 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

95 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.

78ELD device issues
9No log / no ELD
2False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 328 total · 23 in 24 mo

328
Total crashes
23
In last 24 mo
13
Fatal
118
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268048
2025121511
2024120312
202311059
2022212421
2021202719
2020242824
2019270727
2018240923
2017161716
2016150515
20158028
2014120212
201310039
2012100310
20118148
20102002
20093012
20081411014
2007111610
2006161914
2005171616
20044004
20039038
20027037
20014024
20003003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 5, 2026GA00Yes
Jun 1, 2026AL00Yes
Feb 25, 2026OH01Yes
Feb 10, 2026AL00Yes
Jan 15, 2026TN01Yes
Jan 13, 2026NC02Yes
Jan 12, 2026AL00Yes
Jan 4, 2026MS01Yes
Nov 19, 2025NC00Yes
Oct 30, 2025AL11Yes
Oct 17, 2025AL00Yes
Sep 26, 2025AL00Yes
Sep 11, 2025AL00Yes
Aug 7, 2025LA00Yes
Jul 8, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 14, 2025VA01Yes
Jun 6, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 17, 2025LA01No
Mar 17, 2025OH01Yes
Jan 12, 2025KY01Yes
Dec 5, 2024GA01Yes
Nov 20, 2024TN00Yes
Aug 15, 2024FL00Yes
Jul 23, 2024SC00Yes
Jun 18, 2024IN00Yes