Carrier profile · USDOT 459977 · MC-198905 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

TRI-B INC

14 power unitsavg 11.4 yrLocal · 1 statesBRONSTON, KY62/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-198905 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 1

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 14-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
14
Inspections · 24 mo
6
Annualized
3 / yr
Coverage
0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
31%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
8measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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.

  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 15 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 36 total · 1 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20221010
20191001
20171001
20152012
20141001
20133003
20121011
20091001
20071011
20061010
20051001
20043023
20033032
20021001
20012002
20001010
19992022
19981011
19972011
19952112
19942012
19931011
19921001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 23, 2025KY00Yes
Jun 23, 2022WV01No
Sep 24, 2019OH00Yes
Jun 30, 2017KY00Yes
Dec 2, 2015KY00Yes
Apr 23, 2015SC01Yes
May 7, 2014KY00Yes
Jun 2, 2013IN00Yes
Feb 22, 2013KY00Yes
Feb 4, 2013SC00Yes
Jul 22, 2012IN01Yes
May 27, 2009WV00Yes
Aug 1, 2007KY01Yes
Jul 3, 2006KY01No
May 3, 2005GA00Yes
Dec 13, 2004TN01Yes
Jun 23, 2004GA00Yes
Mar 22, 2004KY02Yes
Nov 4, 2003MO02Yes
Jun 10, 2003KY01Yes
Apr 3, 2003MO01No
Apr 30, 2002GA00Yes
May 29, 2001GA00Yes
Jan 3, 2001KY00Yes
Aug 28, 2000MS01No