WT Byler Company LP
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
64 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 4
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
- 43
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 66
- Annualized
- ≈33 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 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 Driving27 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 5 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving4 · 4 OOS
- 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 19, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 57 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2026 | TX | 1 | 4 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 10, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 6, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 14, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 11, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 3, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 18, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 31, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 11, 2022 | TX | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 28, 2020 | TX | 1 | 0 | No |
| Jun 15, 2018 | LA | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 26, 2018 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 28, 2017 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 15, 2017 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 9, 2017 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2015 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 5, 2015 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 2, 2015 | TX | 0 | 14 | Yes |
| Feb 16, 2015 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 14, 2015 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 30, 2013 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2013 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2013 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |