Carrier profile · USDOT 324877 · MC-212216 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Butler Transport Inc

DBA BUTLER TRANSPORT

304 power unitsavg 5.5 yrNational · 33 statesKANSAS CITY, KS88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-212216 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbutlertransport.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 22.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 262 vehicle and 597 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.2% · 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 5.3 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

578 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 38

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 304-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
304
Inspections · 24 mo
597
Annualized
≈299 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

79%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
57%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
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 Driving238 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance84 · 29 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance52 · 11 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 24 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 13 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

28 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 31, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
4False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 577 total · 28 in 24 mo

577
Total crashes
28
In last 24 mo
22
Fatal
216
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026100310
2025102310
2024200818
2023191417
2022140314
2021210720
2020140314
20192501023
2018151415
2017160416
2016181817
2015190519
2014221822
20133531433
20121611015
2011180818
2010230820
20093321428
2008181716
2007180917
2006130312
2005220721
2004230921
20032211118
2002161616
20017057
200011149
199911269
19987117
19978038
1996170816
19957027
19949128
19939056
19924023
19915213
19902012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 22, 2026WI01Yes
May 20, 2026TN01Yes
May 12, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 22, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 21, 2026IN00Yes
Feb 21, 2026IN00Yes
Feb 15, 2026OK00Yes
Jan 6, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 5, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 4, 2026KS01Yes
Dec 27, 2025KS10Yes
Aug 10, 2025MO01Yes
Aug 8, 2025AL02Yes
Jul 18, 2025GA00Yes
May 12, 2025AR00Yes
Mar 24, 2025GA00Yes
Mar 14, 2025KS10Yes
Feb 20, 2025WY00Yes
Feb 12, 2025TX01Yes
Jan 21, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 22, 2024OH01No
Dec 17, 2024MO00Yes
Dec 16, 2024AR00Yes
Nov 22, 2024MO00Yes
Nov 15, 2024GA01Yes