Carrier profile · USDOT 653395 · MC-302954 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

P & B Transportation Inc

75 power unitsavg 8.1 yrNational · 20 statesBISMARCK, ND88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-302954 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 15.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 98 vehicle and 209 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.5% · 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 14.2 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

198 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 14

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 75-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
75
Inspections · 24 mo
209
Annualized
≈105 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

54%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
55%
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 Driving84 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance38 · 23 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 8 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 2 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

21 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
3False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 63 total · 7 in 24 mo

63
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
22
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20255035
20242002
20233003
20222002
20203003
20195005
20182012
20174014
20152112
20144013
20131001
20121011
20103023
20091001
20084014
20073013
20062022
20051011
20043003
20032021
20022112
20014022
19991011
19981001
19971011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 19, 2026WI00Yes
Nov 25, 2025MN03Yes
Nov 25, 2025MN03Yes
Jun 27, 2025MI01Yes
Apr 2, 2025MN00Yes
Jan 5, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 4, 2024MI00Yes
Feb 7, 2024ND00Yes
Oct 13, 2023IL00Yes
May 10, 2023MN00Yes
Mar 18, 2023IN00Yes
Aug 1, 2022IA00Yes
Jan 21, 2022SD00Yes
Nov 2, 2020WI00Yes
Sep 1, 2020IL00Yes
May 14, 2020ND00Yes
Dec 25, 2019MN00Yes
Apr 30, 2019WI00Yes
Feb 20, 2019MN00Yes
Feb 12, 2019MN00Yes
Jan 16, 2019ND00Yes
Oct 21, 2018MT00Yes
Sep 9, 2018ND01Yes
Apr 30, 2017SD00Yes
Apr 21, 2017ND01Yes