Carrier profile · USDOT 288893 · MC-952295 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Buttram Farm Trucking Inc

9 power unitsavg 7.2 yrRegional · 6 statesSMITH GROVE, KY74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-952295 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

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 40.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 6.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 4

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

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 9-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 9
Inspections · 24 mo: 15
Annualized: ≈8 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

45%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

30%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

14.1measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving22 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 2 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
392.80 Texting while drivingUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 18, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

3No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 19 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	2	0	0	2
2023	1	0	0	1
2022	2	0	0	2
2021	2	0	0	2
2019	1	0	1	1
2018	1	0	1	1
2017	1	0	0	1
2015	3	0	2	3
2014	1	0	1	1
2013	1	0	0	1
1999	1	0	1	1
1998	1	0	0	1
1997	1	0	0	1
1994	1	1	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Nov 19, 2025	IA	0	0	Yes
Feb 7, 2025	MO	0	0	Yes
Aug 24, 2023	TN	0	0	Yes
Aug 11, 2022	OK	0	0	Yes
Jan 15, 2022	KS	0	0	Yes
Oct 2, 2021	MO	0	0	Yes
Sep 28, 2021	KY	0	0	Yes
Aug 23, 2019	TN	0	1	Yes
Nov 29, 2018	MO	0	1	Yes
Apr 5, 2017	MO	0	0	Yes
Oct 9, 2015	KY	0	0	Yes
May 2, 2015	MN	0	1	Yes
Mar 3, 2015	KY	0	1	Yes
Oct 31, 2014	KY	0	1	Yes
Mar 27, 2013	KY	0	0	Yes
Oct 4, 1999	KY	0	1	Yes
Dec 12, 1998	MO	0	0	Yes
Aug 23, 1997	MO	0	0	Yes
Jun 7, 1994	KY	1	0	Yes