ROBERT BEARDEN INC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
174 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 16
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 143
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 192
- Annualized
- ≈96 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving41 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 28 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 4 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 8 OOS
- 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 226 total · 11 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 14 | |
| 2023 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 15 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 18 | |
| 2019 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 14 | |
| 2018 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 17 | |
| 2017 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |
| 2011 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2026 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 19, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 1, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 3, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 10, 2025 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 21, 2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2025 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2025 | NJ | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 8, 2024 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 8, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 24, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 18, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 14, 2024 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 30, 2024 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 28, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 14, 2024 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 6, 2024 | TN | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 31, 2024 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 27, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 11, 2023 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2023 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |