Carrier profile · USDOT 1057590 · MC-431736 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BYRON E TALBOT CONTRACTOR INC

3 power unitsavg 10.2 yrLocal · 1 statesSCHRIEVER, LA100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-431736 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 3

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 3
Inspections · 24 mo: 13
Annualized: ≈7 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

36%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

0violations

clean · 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 Driving3 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.28 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 21 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 16 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	0	1
2023	1	0	1	0
2022	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	1	1
2018	1	0	1	1
2013	3	0	3	3
2011	1	0	1	1
2010	2	1	1	1
2008	1	0	1	0
2007	2	0	2	2
2005	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
May 21, 2024	LA	0	0	Yes
Mar 29, 2023	LA	0	1	No
Aug 13, 2022	LA	0	0	Yes
Dec 20, 2021	LA	0	0	Yes
Aug 8, 2019	LA	0	2	Yes
Jul 27, 2018	LA	0	1	Yes
Oct 25, 2013	LA	0	1	Yes
Oct 23, 2013	LA	0	1	Yes
Apr 19, 2013	LA	0	1	Yes
Feb 17, 2011	LA	0	2	Yes
Aug 31, 2010	LA	0	1	Yes
May 13, 2010	LA	1	0	No
Feb 25, 2008	LA	0	2	No
Aug 4, 2007	LA	0	1	Yes
Apr 9, 2007	LA	0	1	Yes
Jul 8, 2005	LA	0	1	Yes