Carrier profile · USDOT 82951 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

G Ray Baker Trucking Inc

30 power unitsavg 5.5 yrRegional · 3 statesRUSSELLVILLE, AR88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
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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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 27 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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

26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 3

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 30-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
30
Inspections · 24 mo
27
Annualized
≈14 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
clean · per-BASIC

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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 40 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 39 total · 5 in 24 mo

39
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20253103
20233013
20201001
20191001
20173033
20141011
20111011
20063023
20053013
20041010
20031001
20021011
20012002
20001011
19992011
19982012
19971011
19962002
19954014
19921000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 19, 2026AR01Yes
Mar 9, 2026AR00Yes
Sep 23, 2025AR00Yes
Jul 10, 2025AR10Yes
Jan 8, 2025AR00Yes
Sep 6, 2023AR01Yes
Aug 23, 2023AR00Yes
Feb 19, 2023MO00Yes
Feb 23, 2020AR00Yes
May 7, 2019AR00Yes
Oct 3, 2017AR01Yes
Aug 4, 2017AR01Yes
Jun 21, 2017AR01Yes
Jul 23, 2014AR04Yes
Jan 2, 2011OK01Yes
Aug 28, 2006TX01Yes
Jun 5, 2006AR00Yes
Feb 6, 2006OK01Yes
Dec 8, 2005TX00Yes
Dec 7, 2005OK01Yes
Apr 28, 2005OK00Yes
Oct 13, 2004OK01No
Feb 25, 2003AR00Yes
Jul 29, 2002AR01Yes
Nov 5, 2001OK00Yes