Carrier profile · USDOT 2887338 · MC-969421 · Updated Jul 8, 2026

MLBD TRANSPORTATION LLC

1 power unitavg 11.5 yrNational · 28 statesDALLAS, TX74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-969421 ACTIVE
Verified linksmlbdtransport.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 37.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 61 vehicle and 113 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.6% · 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 5.3 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

108 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 10

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈56.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
1
Inspections · 24 mo
113
Annualized
≈57 / yr
Coverage
≈56.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

91%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
73%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
82%
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 Driving45 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 22 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 9 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
7False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 25 total · 4 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254004
20234024
20227327
20215025
20202002
20191001
20181001
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 2, 2025AL00Yes
Sep 5, 2025MS00Yes
Apr 16, 2025IN00Yes
Mar 2, 2025AL00Yes
Oct 16, 2023LA00Yes
Oct 5, 2023MS00Yes
Sep 16, 2023GA01Yes
May 18, 2023SC01Yes
Nov 28, 2022AZ10Yes
Nov 28, 2022AZ10Yes
Nov 28, 2022AZ10Yes
Aug 13, 2022IL00Yes
Jun 5, 2022NC02Yes
Apr 27, 2022AR00Yes
Jan 14, 2022IL01Yes
Jul 8, 2021PA00Yes
May 11, 2021TX00Yes
May 6, 2021WV00Yes
Mar 19, 2021TX01Yes
Feb 14, 2021TX01Yes
Nov 19, 2020NC00Yes
Mar 30, 2020TX00Yes
Apr 6, 2019TN00Yes
Sep 6, 2018LA00Yes
Mar 31, 2017WY00Yes