Carrier profile · USDOT 608721 · MC-468736 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

THE AUTO BARN INC

9 power unitsavg 15.7 yrLocal · 1 statesBALTIMORE, MD87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-468736 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONALHAZMAT

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 26.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 30 vehicle and 32 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

80.0% · 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 5.1 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

31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 19

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
1.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
9
Inspections · 24 mo
32
Annualized
16 / yr
Coverage
1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

13%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
77%
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.

  • 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance15 · 13 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.71 Coupling / towing devicesVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 64 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 41 total · 1 in 24 mo

41
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20221011
20211011
20203023
20192002
20173013
20162011
20141001
20131011
20125025
20113013
20103012
20092002
20086026
20072022
20061011
20052012
20041011
20031011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 2, 2025MD02Yes
Jul 6, 2022MD01Yes
Feb 28, 2021MD02Yes
Dec 19, 2020MD02Yes
Nov 8, 2020MD00Yes
Sep 13, 2020MD01Yes
Nov 9, 2019MD00Yes
Oct 4, 2019MD00Yes
Dec 23, 2017MD00Yes
Sep 28, 2017VA00Yes
Jul 3, 2017MD01Yes
Dec 14, 2016MD02No
Sep 25, 2016MD00Yes
Apr 9, 2014MD00Yes
May 7, 2013MD02Yes
Dec 5, 2012MD01Yes
Jul 18, 2012MD00Yes
Jun 8, 2012MD01Yes
May 10, 2012MD00Yes
Feb 6, 2012MD00Yes
Dec 15, 2011MD01Yes
Aug 16, 2011MD00Yes
May 28, 2011MD00Yes
Dec 11, 2010MD00Yes
Apr 6, 2010MD01No