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Process BarronUSDOT 470295VR 80/100PELHAM, AL
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Process Barron

USDOT
470295
MC
Not listed
26 power unitsObserved age 5.8 yrInspected in 14 jurisdictionsPELHAM, AL
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
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Vektor Rating VR

80/100

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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 61.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

24-mo population · 13 vehicle / 19 driver checks

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

75.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising
How to read this trend

Vehicle-level inspections resulting in a vehicle OOS order, pooled over each trailing six-month window. Trending up 45.9 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark measures the same population.

Roadside inspection history· 24 calendar months · current month partial

19 inspections · Dec '24–Nov '26

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS
How to read monthly counts

Monthly FMCSA records across 24 calendar months, including the current partial month. This calendar window differs from the rolling day-level inspection summary. Vehicle and driver populations can overlap within one inspection. The line shows inspections with any OOS result.

Inspection coverage· annual inspections / registered power unit

Annual inspections per registered power unit.

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 26-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
26
Inspections · 24 mo
19
Annualized
≈10 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Nov 2026

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

Recorded violations · ranked by frequency

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jan 31, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 9 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes
In last 24 mo
Fatal
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20192002
20171011
20161001
20141011
20101001
20091001
20031011
19941001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 3, 2019OH00Yes
Apr 29, 2019GA00Yes
May 22, 2017AL02Yes
Sep 7, 2016AL00Yes
May 9, 2014NC01Yes
Mar 1, 2010MS00Yes
Oct 18, 2009NC00Yes
Feb 17, 2003AL01Yes
Nov 16, 1994TX00Yes