Carrier profile · USDOT 1454732 · MC-549717 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Berkshire Refrigerated Warehousing LLC

DBA BRW LOGISTICS

12 power unitsavg 3.5 yrRegional · 5 statesCHICAGO, IL68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-549717 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksbrwllc.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 62.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 15.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

80.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 35.8 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

13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 2

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 12-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
12
Inspections · 24 mo
13
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

88%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
50%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
84%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
74%
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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 26 total · 3 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20242012
20231001
20222012
20201010
20191011
20174013
20162002
20144004
20133012
20113023
20101001
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 18, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 26, 2024IL07Yes
Aug 21, 2024IA00Yes
May 8, 2023OH00Yes
Feb 21, 2022IL00Yes
Jan 4, 2022IL01Yes
Sep 10, 2020IL01No
Sep 30, 2019IL01Yes
May 9, 2017IL02No
Mar 13, 2017IL00Yes
Feb 1, 2017MO00Yes
Jan 17, 2017IL00Yes
Dec 16, 2016IL00Yes
Jun 29, 2016WI00Yes
Oct 8, 2014MO00Yes
Oct 2, 2014IL00Yes
Feb 21, 2014IN00Yes
Feb 5, 2014OH00Yes
Jul 18, 2013OH01No
Apr 16, 2013IL00Yes
Mar 21, 2013MI00Yes
Nov 23, 2011IL01Yes
Aug 25, 2011IL02Yes
Apr 27, 2011IL00Yes
Dec 1, 2010IN00Yes