Carrier profile · USDOT 274184 · MC-259218 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

Paul Bartels Trucking Co

11 power unitsavg 7.7 yrRegional · 3 statesKEARNEY, NE96/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-259218 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 16.7%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 — 6 vehicle and 23 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 33.3 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

23 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 3

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

≈1.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 11-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 11
Inspections · 24 mo: 23
Annualized: ≈12 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Jul 2026

61%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

46%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

50%

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.

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 25 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 25 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	0	1
2023	2	0	1	2
2022	2	0	0	2
2017	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	0	1
2011	1	0	1	1
2010	1	0	0	1
2009	2	0	2	2
2005	1	0	1	1
2003	1	0	0	1
2001	1	0	1	1
2000	2	0	1	2
1999	2	0	1	2
1998	2	0	2	1
1997	1	0	0	1
1996	1	0	1	0
1995	2	1	1	1
1993	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
May 15, 2024	NE	0	0	Yes
Aug 23, 2023	NE	0	2	Yes
Apr 30, 2023	NE	0	0	Yes
Jan 7, 2022	NE	0	0	Yes
Jan 7, 2022	NE	0	0	Yes
Sep 20, 2017	NE	0	0	Yes
Oct 23, 2012	CO	0	0	Yes
Feb 17, 2011	NE	0	2	Yes
Oct 12, 2010	KS	0	0	Yes
Jan 23, 2009	NE	0	2	Yes
Jan 23, 2009	NE	0	2	Yes
Apr 6, 2005	KS	0	2	Yes
Dec 10, 2003	KS	0	0	Yes
Oct 1, 2001	NE	0	1	Yes
May 19, 2000	KS	0	1	Yes
May 12, 2000	NE	0	0	Yes
Dec 23, 1999	NE	0	2	Yes
Apr 24, 1999	ID	0	0	Yes
Nov 23, 1998	NE	0	1	No
Mar 16, 1998	IA	0	1	Yes
Feb 3, 1997	NE	0	0	Yes
Sep 26, 1996	NE	0	1	No
Aug 18, 1995	NE	1	0	Yes
Aug 3, 1995	NE	0	1	No
Jan 12, 1993	NE	0	0	Yes