Carrier profile · USDOT 1070703 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Waste Connections Bayou Inc

DBA WASTE CONNECTIONS OF LOUISIANA

301 power unitsavg 6.5 yrLocal · 1 statesBRIDGE CITY, LA88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED 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 20.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 63 vehicle and 79 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 4.3 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

77 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 8

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
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 301-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
301
Inspections · 24 mo
79
Annualized
≈40 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
21%
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 Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 142 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 303 total · 12 in 24 mo

303
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
181
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
20256026
20247047
2023111510
20229079
2021150813
20202201821
20199089
20181811512
20172101116
20163812036
20153911734
20143011824
20133011726
20121801414
20117055
20109057
20094023
20082012
20071011
20061011
20051011
20041011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 27, 2026LA00Yes
Mar 17, 2026LA00Yes
Feb 10, 2026LA00Yes
Jan 2, 2026LA00Yes
Nov 19, 2025LA00Yes
Nov 14, 2025LA00Yes
Sep 10, 2025LA02Yes
Aug 6, 2025LA00Yes
May 5, 2025LA02Yes
May 5, 2025LA00Yes
Sep 19, 2024LA03Yes
Aug 25, 2024LA01Yes
Jul 31, 2024LA00Yes
Jun 24, 2024LA00Yes
May 15, 2024LA03Yes
Mar 14, 2024LA00Yes
Jan 6, 2024LA03Yes
Dec 22, 2023LA02Yes
Dec 20, 2023LA00Yes
Oct 4, 2023LA00Yes
Oct 2, 2023LA00Yes
Sep 11, 2023LA12Yes
Sep 1, 2023LA00Yes
Aug 1, 2023LA05Yes
Jul 14, 2023LA00Yes