Carrier profile · USDOT 56868 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Brenntag Lubricants LLC

221 power unitsavg 5.4 yrMulti-region · 15 statesMANCHESTER, NH88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksbrenntag.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 6.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 244 vehicle and 325 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.8% · 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

312 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 26

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 221-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
221
Inspections · 24 mo
325
Annualized
≈163 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
10%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 8 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 19, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 53 total · 7 in 24 mo

53
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254014
20247007
20233023
20222011
20206016
20196006
20187037
20175135
20142002
20132002
20112011
20091011
20081001
20072012
20041001
20011011
19981011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 5, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 4, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 13, 2025MA00Yes
Mar 21, 2025NY01Yes
Nov 25, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 12, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 28, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 2, 2024NY00Yes
Apr 15, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 29, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 29, 2024NY00Yes
Dec 11, 2023PA00Yes
Dec 8, 2023MA02Yes
Jun 15, 2023TX02Yes
Nov 21, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 29, 2022NY01No
Dec 10, 2020NY00Yes
Jul 9, 2020NJ00Yes
Jun 11, 2020PA00Yes
May 20, 2020NY00Yes
Mar 23, 2020NY00Yes
Feb 11, 2020CT01Yes
Oct 18, 2019NH00Yes
Sep 17, 2019NH00Yes
Aug 19, 2019MA00Yes