Brink Truck Lines Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 4
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 38
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 31
- Annualized
- ≈16 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving25 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 18, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 47 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2025 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2023 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2022 | IL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 24, 2022 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2022 | IL | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 22, 2021 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2021 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 26, 2020 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 24, 2019 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2019 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2018 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 1, 2018 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 19, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2017 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 7, 2016 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 1, 2016 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 12, 2016 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2013 | MI | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2013 | OH | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Aug 6, 2012 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 6, 2012 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2009 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 13, 2008 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 8, 2008 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 30, 2008 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |