Carrier profile · USDOT 1986717 · MC-705727 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Brannon Golden LLC

58 power unitsavg 3.1 yrMulti-region · 13 statesTROY, AL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-705727 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 11.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 34 vehicle and 105 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 23.2 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

102 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 7

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 58-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
58
Inspections · 24 mo
105
Annualized
≈53 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

61%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
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 Driving37 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 25 total · 5 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20254024
20241001
20233013
20222012
20211011
20201001
20191001
20182011
20172011
20161001
20152021
20144034
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 25, 2026OH01Yes
Oct 31, 2025AL00Yes
Jul 29, 2025TN01Yes
Feb 17, 2025AL01Yes
Feb 12, 2025MO00Yes
Feb 12, 2024AL00Yes
Nov 7, 2023LA01Yes
Jul 20, 2023AL00Yes
May 18, 2023AL00Yes
Sep 28, 2022KY01Yes
Aug 10, 2022IN00Yes
Mar 2, 2021GA01Yes
Jul 27, 2020AL00Yes
Mar 20, 2019LA00Yes
Aug 15, 2018AL01No
Mar 4, 2018AL00Yes
Jun 15, 2017AL01No
Feb 15, 2017KY00Yes
Apr 18, 2016SC00Yes
Dec 1, 2015TN01Yes
Mar 8, 2015AL01No
Nov 20, 2014NC01Yes
Mar 21, 2014AL02Yes
Feb 1, 2014IN01Yes
Jan 17, 2014OH00Yes