Carrier profile · USDOT 1082694 · MC-779605 · Updated Aug 7, 2026

L B & B Associates Inc

71 power unitsavg 5.7 yrRegional · 7 statesCOLUMBIA, MD76/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-779605 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkslbbassociates.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 14.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 89 vehicle and 173 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.5% · 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 6.3 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

171 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 12

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 71-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
71
Inspections · 24 mo
174
Annualized
≈87 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

15%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
32%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 16 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 33 total · 3 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20251011
20243003
20231001
20223013
20215035
20203003
20193003
20183013
20172012
20162022
20152002
20142022
20131001
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 10, 2026OH02No
Oct 21, 2025NC01Yes
Sep 27, 2024WV00Yes
Jul 3, 2024NC00Yes
Mar 2, 2024WV00Yes
Mar 8, 2023NC00Yes
Dec 30, 2022NC00Yes
Jun 30, 2022WV01Yes
Jun 13, 2022NC00Yes
Nov 3, 2021NC01Yes
Sep 23, 2021NC00Yes
Jul 15, 2021WV01Yes
May 4, 2021OH01Yes
Jan 4, 2021NC00Yes
Dec 29, 2020NC00Yes
Jul 16, 2020NC00Yes
Mar 11, 2020WV00Yes
Dec 1, 2019WV00Yes
Nov 11, 2019KY00Yes
May 13, 2019NC00Yes
Nov 18, 2018OH01Yes
Jul 14, 2018WV00Yes
Jan 4, 2018WV00Yes
Dec 28, 2017WV00Yes
Oct 23, 2017NC01Yes