Carrier profile · USDOT 876456 · MC-383934 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Frank Bartel Transportation Inc

95 power unitsavg 16.5 yrLocal · 2 statesAUBREY, TX74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-383934 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksfrankbartel.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 38.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 80 vehicle and 90 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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

88 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 8

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 95-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
95
Inspections · 24 mo
90
Annualized
≈45 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
4%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
93%
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 Driving96 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance59 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance51 · 16 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance43 · 12 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance39 · 19 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance36 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance28 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jun 21, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 126 total · 9 in 24 mo

126
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
66
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20255015
20247027
20232022
20223023
20212022
20204034
20195324
20187027
20174034
20162011
20154043
20142002
20132021
20123012
20112012
20105015
20093033
20088048
20073023
2006102610
20057147
2004110411
20039069
20027045
20014033
20004014
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 7, 2026TX00Yes
Oct 27, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 18, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 1, 2025TX01Yes
Feb 7, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 22, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 2, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 17, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 12, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 5, 2024TX01Yes
Apr 20, 2024TX01Yes
Mar 28, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 29, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 11, 2023TX01Yes
May 10, 2023TX01Yes
Jul 8, 2022TX01Yes
Jun 9, 2022TX01Yes
Mar 4, 2022TX00Yes
Oct 21, 2021TX01Yes
Oct 6, 2021TX05Yes
Jun 4, 2020TX01Yes
Jan 29, 2020TX00Yes
Jan 27, 2020TX01Yes
Jan 27, 2020TX01Yes
Dec 3, 2019TX01No