The F a Bartlett Tree Expert Company
DBA BARTLETT TREE EXPERTS
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
180 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 14
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
- 1,500
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 183
- Annualized
- ≈92 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 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 Driving67 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance49 · 12 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness12 · 5 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
- 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent May 11, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 105 total · 12 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 1, 2026 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 30, 2026 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 2026 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 15, 2025 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2025 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 8, 2025 | VA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 10, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 5, 2025 | DE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2025 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2024 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 28, 2024 | NC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 4, 2024 | FL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2023 | MD | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 29, 2023 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2023 | NJ | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2023 | NJ | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2023 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 6, 2023 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 6, 2023 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2023 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2022 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |