Carrier profile · USDOT 2832272 · MC-947146 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

A & a Brochu LLC

47 power unitsavg 7 yrLocal · 1 statesDOVER-FOXCROFT, ME88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-947146 ACTIVE
Verified linkspleasantriverlumber.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 13.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 68 vehicle and 128 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.7% · 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

125 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 10

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 47-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
47
Inspections · 24 mo
128
Annualized
≈64 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 9 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.116 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Crash history· 16 total · 2 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251011
20241001
20231010
20223032
20211001
20193023
20183113
20171011
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 19, 2026ME00Yes
Jan 4, 2025ME01Yes
Mar 7, 2024ME00Yes
Feb 2, 2023ME01No
May 13, 2022ME01No
May 5, 2022ME01Yes
Feb 10, 2022ME01Yes
May 13, 2021ME00Yes
Aug 1, 2019ME01Yes
Feb 25, 2019ME01Yes
Feb 13, 2019ME00Yes
Dec 1, 2018ME00Yes
Nov 13, 2018ME11Yes
Jun 7, 2018ME00Yes
Dec 6, 2017ME01Yes
Jun 30, 2016ME00Yes