Carrier profile · USDOT 1937828 · MC-762363 · Updated Jun 14, 2026

CIRCLE BAR A INC

24 power unitsavg 10.9 yrRegional · 6 statesSAN ANTONIO, TX88/100
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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 4.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 24 vehicle and 29 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · 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

28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 24-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
24
Inspections · 24 mo
30
Annualized
≈15 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
15%
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.

  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 27, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
6False logs
6Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 40 total · 1 in 24 mo

40
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20233032
20211001
20202011
20193013
20185025
20175015
20162012
20153013
20142002
201311159
20122012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 9, 2025TX01Yes
Oct 20, 2023TX01No
Oct 8, 2023TX02Yes
Jan 6, 2023TX01Yes
Oct 11, 2021TX00Yes
Sep 21, 2020LA00Yes
Jan 14, 2020TX01No
Dec 6, 2019TX01Yes
Nov 22, 2019TX00Yes
Aug 2, 2019TX00Yes
May 16, 2018LA00Yes
Mar 20, 2018TX00Yes
Mar 16, 2018TX04Yes
Feb 19, 2018TX00Yes
Feb 13, 2018TX01Yes
Sep 7, 2017LA00Yes
Aug 17, 2017TX00Yes
Jun 7, 2017TX02Yes
May 14, 2017TX00Yes
Jan 18, 2017TX00Yes
Jul 27, 2016TX00Yes
Jun 30, 2016TX01Yes
Jul 11, 2015LA00Yes
Mar 30, 2015TX01Yes
Jan 22, 2015TX00Yes