Carrier profile · USDOT 244723 · MC-172944 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Hornish Bros Inc

DBA HBI TRUCK LINES

160 power unitsavg 7.1 yrMulti-region · 15 statesDEFIANCE, OH81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-172944 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 26.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 57 vehicle and 135 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 30.9 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

132 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 9

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

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 160-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 160
Inspections · 24 mo: 135
Annualized: ≈68 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

49%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

36%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

97%

Controlled Substances

Vektor peer est.

64%

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 Driving73 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 13 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

0False logs

2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 108 total · 9 in 24 mo

108

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	2	0	1	2
2025	4	0	2	4
2024	3	0	3	3
2023	1	0	0	1
2022	2	0	0	2
2021	2	0	1	2
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	7	0	2	7
2018	8	0	1	8
2017	2	0	0	2
2016	1	1	1	1
2015	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	0	1
2013	2	0	1	2
2012	2	0	1	1
2011	6	0	2	6
2010	6	0	2	6
2009	3	0	1	3
2008	8	0	2	6
2007	4	0	1	3
2006	1	0	1	1
2005	5	1	0	5
2004	2	0	1	1
2003	4	0	2	2
2002	4	0	2	3
2001	3	0	2	3
2000	1	1	0	1
1999	5	0	2	4
1998	1	0	1	1
1997	3	0	2	2
1996	3	1	2	2
1995	3	0	1	2
1994	2	1	1	2
1993	4	0	4	1
1991	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
Apr 24, 2026	OH	1	Yes
Feb 2, 2026	IN	0	Yes
Apr 17, 2025	GA	1	Yes
Mar 21, 2025	MI	0	Yes
Jan 28, 2025	OH	0	Yes
Jan 15, 2025	IN	2	Yes
Nov 14, 2024	OH	1	Yes
Oct 31, 2024	NY	1	Yes
Sep 23, 2024	NY	1	Yes
Apr 19, 2023	IN	0	Yes
Oct 28, 2022	OH	0	Yes
Feb 2, 2022	IN	0	Yes
Dec 3, 2021	OH	1	Yes
Nov 19, 2021	IN	0	Yes
Oct 21, 2020	NY	0	Yes
Nov 25, 2019	OH	0	Yes
Sep 27, 2019	OH	0	Yes
Aug 16, 2019	OH	0	Yes
May 8, 2019	IN	0	Yes
Apr 16, 2019	IL	1	Yes
Feb 27, 2019	NY	0	Yes
Jan 16, 2019	IN	1	Yes
Oct 9, 2018	PA	0	Yes
Aug 29, 2018	IN	0	Yes
Jul 14, 2018	NY	1	Yes