BRANDSAFWAY SERVICES LLC
DBA BRANDSAFWAY SAFWAY
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
150 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 14
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
- 413
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 153
- Annualized
- ≈77 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 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 Driving77 · 2 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance65 · 9 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving21 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness8 · 7 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness8 · 8 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 5, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 47 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | CA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jan 20, 2026 | LA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 29, 2024 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 27, 2023 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 31, 2023 | WA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2022 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 19, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 12, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2021 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 8, 2021 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2020 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2019 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 25, 2018 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2018 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 6, 2018 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 1, 2017 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 28, 2017 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2017 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2017 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 5, 2016 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 28, 2016 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 6, 2016 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 2, 2015 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |