Carrier profile · USDOT 1134215 · MC-461038 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

FBN Transportation LLC

55 power unitsavg 12 yrNational · 27 statesATHENS, WI74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-461038 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksfbntransportation.comFMCSA SAFER

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 37.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 88 vehicle and 148 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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

146 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 11

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 55-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
55
Inspections · 24 mo
148
Annualized
≈74 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
84%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
64%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
27%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
83%
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 Driving63 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance49 · 12 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance39 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance37 · 26 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance30 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 16 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

62 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
25False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 42 total · 6 in 24 mo

42
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20252012
20246036
20233023
20221001
20213012
20204023
20192002
20182011
20172022
20166146
20141011
20122012
20101001
20081011
20072002
20061001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 14, 2026LA00Yes
May 12, 2026LA01Yes
Feb 4, 2026LA00Yes
Dec 17, 2025LA00Yes
Oct 2, 2025LA02Yes
Oct 16, 2024WI01Yes
Jun 26, 2024LA00Yes
Jun 20, 2024OH00Yes
Apr 11, 2024IL01Yes
Mar 12, 2024AR01Yes
Mar 9, 2024MO00Yes
Jul 26, 2023MN03Yes
May 23, 2023AL00Yes
Apr 12, 2023LA02Yes
Jun 20, 2022WI00Yes
Sep 22, 2021KY00Yes
May 27, 2021FL01No
Feb 26, 2021IL00Yes
Dec 28, 2020WI01No
Jun 11, 2020WV00Yes
May 22, 2020IL00Yes
Jan 16, 2020ME01Yes
Jun 20, 2019IL00Yes
May 7, 2019WI00Yes
Apr 7, 2018MO01No