Carrier profile · USDOT 248569 · MC-158758 · Updated Jun 24, 2026

Brothers Express Inc

21 power unitsavg 3.9 yrRegional · 5 statesFORT WAYNE, IN94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-158758 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksbrotherexpress.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 0.0%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 — 9 vehicle and 25 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 3

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 21-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
21
Inspections · 24 mo
25
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

44%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
1%
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.

  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

6 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 46 total · 3 in 24 mo

46
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
22
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251011
20241001
20231001
20211001
20202012
20192002
20182012
20172002
20162002
20151011
20142012
20132012
20111011
20102022
20081001
20072012
20062011
20052012
20042011
20032021
20021011
20002002
19993013
19982012
19971011
19961010
19951010
19931001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 27, 2026IN01Yes
Jan 16, 2025MI01Yes
Oct 17, 2024IN00Yes
Jan 11, 2023WI00Yes
Jan 25, 2021OH00Yes
Jun 26, 2020MI00Yes
Apr 28, 2020OH01Yes
Dec 18, 2019OH00Yes
Oct 18, 2019IN00Yes
Aug 17, 2018IN00Yes
Jan 11, 2018IN03Yes
Apr 19, 2017IN00Yes
Jan 13, 2017OH00Yes
Nov 22, 2016IN00Yes
May 23, 2016MI00Yes
Sep 23, 2015IN01Yes
Jul 10, 2014OH01Yes
Jan 9, 2014IN00Yes
Oct 17, 2013OH00Yes
Jun 4, 2013MI02Yes
Apr 4, 2011PA02Yes
Oct 6, 2010IN01Yes
Jun 18, 2010IN01Yes
May 16, 2008IN00Yes
Mar 1, 2007OH01Yes