Carrier profile · USDOT 325486 · MC-198532 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Charles Bailey Trucking Inc

58 power unitsavg 4.7 yrNational · 26 statesCOOKEVILLE, TN94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-198532 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 8.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 60 vehicle and 162 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.1% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 2.2 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

157 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 17

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
1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 58-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
58
Inspections · 24 mo
162
Annualized
81 / yr
Coverage
1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
32%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
16%
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 Driving64 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.7 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

19 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 109 total · 6 in 24 mo

109
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
41
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20255025
20246026
20233013
20221001
20213023
20205025
20196016
20186035
20174004
20165015
20152002
20149029
20135005
20125044
20113021
20102002
20092022
20084014
20073022
20061011
20055014
20044014
20032012
20024033
20013021
20003023
19993012
19983013
19941011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 4, 2026FL00Yes
Nov 17, 2025TN00Yes
Nov 16, 2025AR00Yes
Mar 14, 2025FL00Yes
Jan 23, 2025OK02Yes
Jan 2, 2025GA02Yes
Jun 14, 2024NC00Yes
May 30, 2024TN00Yes
May 25, 2024TN01Yes
Apr 14, 2024OK01Yes
Apr 1, 2024TX00Yes
Mar 28, 2024AR00Yes
Aug 24, 2023TX00Yes
Apr 17, 2023AR02Yes
Feb 21, 2023GA00Yes
Apr 5, 2022FL00Yes
Jun 16, 2021TN01Yes
Apr 13, 2021TN01Yes
Feb 18, 2021MO00Yes
Dec 21, 2020KY00Yes
Jul 14, 2020GA01Yes
Jun 3, 2020TN00Yes
Feb 6, 2020TN01Yes
Jan 23, 2020LA00Yes
Nov 13, 2019UT01Yes