Carrier profile · USDOT 2123265 · MC-742283 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Brothers Transport LLC

90 power unitsavg 4.6 yrNational · 23 statesNICHOLASVILLE, KY94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-742283 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksbrotherstrans.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 13.8%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 — 80 vehicle and 168 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 7.6 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

166 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 16

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 90-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
90
Inspections · 24 mo
168
Annualized
≈84 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
16%
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 Driving80 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance18 · 4 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

45 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

27ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
18False logs
0Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 33 total · 16 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
16
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266026
20259029
20244024
20235025
20222012
20211001
20193023
20171011
20161001
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 22, 2026KY00Yes
Apr 24, 2026NC00Yes
Apr 7, 2026VA00Yes
Apr 2, 2026KY00Yes
Feb 27, 2026KY01Yes
Feb 17, 2026GA01Yes
Nov 17, 2025LA00Yes
Aug 4, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 4, 2025KY00Yes
May 23, 2025VA01Yes
Apr 17, 2025NC00Yes
Mar 9, 2025KY00Yes
Feb 19, 2025KY00Yes
Feb 19, 2025KY00Yes
Jan 9, 2025OH01Yes
Oct 21, 2024SC02Yes
Jul 3, 2024KY00Yes
Apr 30, 2024OH01Yes
Jan 5, 2024WV00Yes
Dec 11, 2023MA00Yes
Oct 6, 2023KY02Yes
Jun 2, 2023OH00Yes
May 16, 2023MI01Yes
Feb 9, 2023KY00Yes
Jul 28, 2022NE05Yes