Carrier profile · USDOT 58192 · MC-8713 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Braun's Express Inc

DBA BRAUN'S EXPRESS

127 power unitsavg 6.2 yrNational · 21 statesDALTON, GA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-8713 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbraunsexpress.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 8.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 80 vehicle and 153 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 Oct '24 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 127-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
127
Inspections · 24 mo
153
Annualized
≈77 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

26%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
25%
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 Driving51 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD 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· 132 total · 7 in 24 mo

132
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
40
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20256016
20245025
20234024
20227026
20215005
20203013
20197017
20186026
2017100210
20165114
20156215
20146106
20137037
20123013
20115045
2010110710
20092002
20082002
20076016
20063013
20053103
20044004
20033013
20024023
20013013
20001001
19993022
19962022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 13, 2025MA00Yes
Sep 29, 2025WI00Yes
Aug 15, 2025MD01Yes
Jul 31, 2025MI00Yes
Jul 1, 2025MN00Yes
Apr 3, 2025NY00Yes
Oct 15, 2024PA00Yes
Jul 12, 2024WI01Yes
Apr 2, 2024GA00Yes
Jan 19, 2024MA00Yes
Jan 15, 2024MD01Yes
Jul 26, 2023MN00Yes
Jun 7, 2023MA03Yes
May 8, 2023NH02Yes
Mar 16, 2023MN00Yes
Oct 18, 2022IL01No
Aug 25, 2022WI00Yes
Jul 12, 2022IL00Yes
May 23, 2022WI00Yes
May 16, 2022MD00Yes
Feb 7, 2022WI01Yes
Feb 3, 2022CT00Yes
Nov 11, 2021SD00Yes
Nov 9, 2021MD00Yes
Oct 26, 2021NJ00Yes