Carrier profile · USDOT 717434 · MC-328402 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Brent Higgins Trucking Inc

28 power unitsavg 3.2 yrRegional · 7 statesMULBERRY, AR88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-328402 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbrenthigginstrucking.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 6.3%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 — 16 vehicle and 42 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 19.0 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

41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 4

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 28-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
28
Inspections · 24 mo
42
Annualized
≈21 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

31%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
8%
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 25, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 30 total · 2 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251001
20242012
20231010
20221011
20211001
20201011
20191001
20172012
20162012
20151011
20141001
20131011
20123013
20111001
20104114
20082102
20061001
20042011
20001101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 29, 2026OK01Yes
Jan 12, 2025AR00Yes
Jan 22, 2024AR00Yes
Jan 13, 2024TN01Yes
Jan 25, 2023TX01No
Nov 12, 2022AR01Yes
Mar 15, 2021TX00Yes
Mar 20, 2020OK01Yes
Apr 18, 2019TX00Yes
Jun 2, 2017TX00Yes
May 4, 2017AL01Yes
Nov 7, 2016AR01Yes
Oct 13, 2016TX00Yes
Dec 22, 2015OK01Yes
Dec 5, 2014TX00Yes
Jun 10, 2013TX01Yes
Jun 26, 2012OK02Yes
Apr 23, 2012OK00Yes
Mar 2, 2012TX00Yes
Dec 15, 2011TN00Yes
Dec 29, 2010MO00Yes
Aug 19, 2010OK10Yes
May 3, 2010TX01Yes
Mar 22, 2010AR00Yes
Aug 22, 2008TX10Yes