Carrier profile · USDOT 754812 · MC-341185 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

S C BALLARD LLC

65 power unitsavg 7.4 yrMulti-region · 10 statesNORTH BRANFORD, CT81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-341185 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 32.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 43 vehicle and 72 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 10.2 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

69 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 7

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 65-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
65
Inspections · 24 mo
72
Annualized
≈36 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

15%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
72%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
20%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
68%
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 Driving42 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 16 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

19 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
9False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 56 total · 4 in 24 mo

56
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20246046
20235024
20213003
20204024
20196016
20183023
20173013
20162022
20154024
20141001
20135033
20091001
20082002
20072012
20062122
20053003
20011001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 8, 2026MA01Yes
Jun 11, 2026MD00Yes
Jan 15, 2026DE00Yes
Oct 18, 2024NC02Yes
Jul 11, 2024MA01Yes
Jun 17, 2024CT01Yes
Feb 15, 2024MA00Yes
Feb 6, 2024CT01Yes
Jan 16, 2024PA00Yes
Nov 27, 2023MD00Yes
Apr 20, 2023CT00Yes
Mar 13, 2023RI01No
Feb 9, 2023NJ00Yes
Jan 30, 2023CT01Yes
Sep 9, 2021NY00Yes
Jun 13, 2021CT00Yes
Feb 15, 2021PA00Yes
Dec 8, 2020CT00Yes
Oct 29, 2020NJ01Yes
Sep 9, 2020MA00Yes
Jan 7, 2020NY01Yes
Nov 27, 2019NJ00Yes
Nov 12, 2019PA04Yes
Nov 5, 2019NY00Yes
Oct 15, 2019CT00Yes