Carrier profile · USDOT 418811 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Butler Amusements Inc

55 power unitsavg 11.7 yrRegional · 6 statesSANTA NELLA, CA94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
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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 16.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 71 vehicle and 83 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 7.9 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

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

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 55-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
55
Inspections · 24 mo
83
Annualized
≈42 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

8%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
23%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
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 Driving20 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 38 total · 1 in 24 mo

38
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20234014
20221001
20191011
20182002
20131001
20121001
20113013
20101001
20093023
20072002
20052002
20042002
20032002
20012002
20001001
19992002
19971011
19961011
19952011
19922011
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 14, 2026CA01Yes
Oct 3, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 25, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 5, 2023CA01Yes
Feb 15, 2023CA00Yes
Aug 14, 2022CA00Yes
Jun 4, 2019CA01Yes
Sep 30, 2018CA00Yes
Apr 16, 2018AZ00Yes
Sep 8, 2013UT00Yes
Mar 15, 2012CA00Yes
Oct 20, 2011CA01Yes
Oct 15, 2011CA00Yes
Sep 11, 2011UT00Yes
Sep 12, 2010UT00Yes
Jul 26, 2009CA02Yes
May 19, 2009CA00Yes
Jan 31, 2009CA03Yes
Sep 7, 2007WA00Yes
Sep 3, 2007CA00Yes
Jul 18, 2005CA00Yes
Mar 16, 2005CA00Yes
Jul 12, 2004CA00Yes
May 19, 2004CA00Yes
Aug 11, 2003CA00Yes