Carrier profile · USDOT 671812 · MC-305295 · Updated Jun 24, 2026

BROTHERS EXPRESS LLC

32 power unitsavg 7 yrRegional · 3 statesCINCINNATI, OH74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-305295 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 36.8%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 — 19 vehicle and 33 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 13.0 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

32 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 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

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 32-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 32
Inspections · 24 mo: 33
Annualized: ≈17 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

14%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

43%

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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 21, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

3No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 28 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	1	0
2024	1	0	0	1
2023	3	0	1	3
2022	1	0	0	1
2021	3	1	3	2
2020	2	0	0	2
2019	1	0	0	1
2018	2	0	1	2
2017	2	0	0	2
2016	1	0	1	0
2015	2	0	0	2
2014	3	0	2	2
2011	2	0	1	2
2009	1	0	1	1
2007	2	0	1	1
2006	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Feb 12, 2025	OH	0	1	No
Mar 28, 2024	OH	0	0	Yes
Aug 23, 2023	OH	0	0	Yes
Aug 23, 2023	OH	0	0	Yes
Feb 9, 2023	OH	0	1	Yes
Jun 6, 2022	KY	0	0	Yes
Sep 8, 2021	OH	1	2	Yes
Jun 9, 2021	OH	0	1	No
May 7, 2021	IN	0	1	Yes
Nov 19, 2020	OH	0	0	Yes
Feb 27, 2020	OH	0	0	Yes
Aug 19, 2019	IN	0	0	Yes
Aug 17, 2018	OH	0	0	Yes
May 7, 2018	OH	0	1	Yes
Oct 6, 2017	OH	0	0	Yes
Sep 29, 2017	KY	0	0	Yes
Jun 27, 2016	OH	0	1	No
Sep 22, 2015	KY	0	0	Yes
Jun 18, 2015	KY	0	0	Yes
Jul 24, 2014	KY	0	1	No
May 13, 2014	OH	0	1	Yes
Apr 30, 2014	KY	0	0	Yes
May 24, 2011	KY	0	1	Yes
Jan 11, 2011	OH	0	0	Yes
Nov 13, 2009	IN	0	1	Yes