Carrier profile · USDOT 2944855 · MC-996608 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Middle Bay Transportation of Ohio LLC

DBA MIDDLE BAY TRANSPORTATION

110 power unitsavg 12.8 yrMulti-region · 11 statesCLEVELAND, OH81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-996608 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 23.7%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 — 59 vehicle and 88 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 6.1 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

87 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 11

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 110-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
110
Inspections · 24 mo
88
Annualized
≈44 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

6%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
8%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance39 · 12 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 8 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 41 total · 3 in 24 mo

41
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20241001
20234014
20225005
20212002
20208018
20197027
20188158
20173013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 31, 2025VA00Yes
Jul 8, 2025NC00Yes
Mar 12, 2025MS02Yes
Jan 17, 2024AL00Yes
Jul 21, 2023AL00Yes
Jul 13, 2023MD00Yes
May 21, 2023AL02Yes
Jan 8, 2023MO00Yes
Jul 5, 2022VA00Yes
Jun 9, 2022GA00Yes
Mar 23, 2022AL00Yes
Feb 11, 2022GA00Yes
Jan 18, 2022GA00Yes
Dec 16, 2021WV00Yes
Jul 15, 2021VA00Yes
Oct 13, 2020SC01Yes
Aug 13, 2020VA00Yes
Jun 2, 2020SC00Yes
Apr 22, 2020TN00Yes
Feb 28, 2020NC00Yes
Feb 17, 2020SC00Yes
Feb 11, 2020MS00Yes
Jan 16, 2020SC00Yes
Sep 27, 2019NC01Yes
Sep 17, 2019AR00Yes