Carrier profile · USDOT 3020587 · MC-34141 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

BZ TRANS INC

19 power unitsavg 3.2 yrRegional · 7 statesROLLING HILLS ESTATES, CA69/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-34141 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksbztransinc.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 31.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 18.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 32 vehicle and 54 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.4% · 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

63 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 7

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
≈1.7 / 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
19
Inspections · 24 mo
64
Annualized
≈32 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
85%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
59%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
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 Driving50 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 9 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

39 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
5False logs
4Drove over hours

4 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 3 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253223
20242022
20234004
20211001
20203003
20192022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 18, 2025CA11Yes
May 15, 2025CA01Yes
Mar 15, 2025CA10Yes
Jun 15, 2024CA02Yes
May 29, 2024NV01Yes
Oct 24, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 20, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 23, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 8, 2023WA00Yes
Sep 22, 2021OR00Yes
Oct 10, 2020CA00Yes
Mar 26, 2020MI00Yes
Feb 18, 2020CA00Yes
Oct 25, 2019TX01Yes
Jul 23, 2019GA02Yes