Flowers Baking Co of Bardstown LLC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 3
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 81
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 28
- Annualized
- ≈14 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness5 · 3 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
- 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 39 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 18 total · 7 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2025 | KY | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 21, 2025 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 27, 2024 | KY | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2024 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 26, 2024 | KY | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 13, 2023 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2019 | KY | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2019 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 10, 2018 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 2, 2017 | KY | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 19, 2016 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 4, 2015 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 25, 2013 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 29, 2013 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 1, 2013 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |