Carrier profile · USDOT 720659 · MC-344252 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BRAXTON RITCHIE BARGER

DBA BRAXTON R BARGER GRAIN CO

8 power unitsLocal · 1 statesSALISBURY, NC50/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-344252 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 —%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 — 0 vehicle and 1 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 8-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
8
Inspections · 24 mo
1
Annualized
≈1 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
clean · per-BASIC

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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Apr 3, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 16 total · 3 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251010
20242012
20191001
20172012
20131001
20051001
20042002
20032012
20023033
20011001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 5, 2025NC01No
Dec 6, 2024NC00Yes
Oct 2, 2024NC02Yes
Jul 21, 2019OH00Yes
Jun 7, 2017NC01Yes
Mar 14, 2017NC00Yes
Jan 28, 2013SC00Yes
Mar 9, 2005NC00Yes
Dec 8, 2004NC00Yes
May 24, 2004NC00Yes
Oct 2, 2003NC02Yes
Apr 2, 2003NC00Yes
Nov 25, 2002NC01Yes
Feb 26, 2002NC01Yes
Feb 11, 2002SC01Yes
Jun 20, 2001SC00Yes