Carrier profile · USDOT 2917532 · MC-983305 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Brown Bear Transportation LLC

141 power unitsavg 11 yrMulti-region · 9 statesSPRINGFIELD, MA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-983305 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 20.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 107 vehicle and 157 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.7% · 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 19.4 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

155 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 14

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 141-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
141
Inspections · 24 mo
157
Annualized
≈79 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
72%
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 Driving100 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 20 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 12 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
8False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 33 total · 9 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
20254014
20245034
20237037
20221001
20211001
20204004
20192002
20184124
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 14, 2026MA01Yes
Apr 13, 2026MA00Yes
Feb 17, 2026RI00Yes
Jan 7, 2026MA00Yes
Dec 18, 2025NH01Yes
Nov 9, 2025RI00Yes
Oct 21, 2025MA00Yes
Oct 10, 2025MA00Yes
Sep 26, 2024CT00Yes
Jul 20, 2024RI00Yes
Mar 30, 2024CT01Yes
Mar 5, 2024CT02Yes
Jan 19, 2024ME01No
Oct 8, 2023CT00Yes
Oct 2, 2023RI01Yes
Sep 3, 2023CT03Yes
Aug 31, 2023NY02Yes
Jun 10, 2023ME00Yes
Apr 28, 2023CT00Yes
Mar 2, 2023ME00Yes
Nov 21, 2022MA00Yes
Jan 27, 2021NY00Yes
Dec 17, 2020ME00Yes
Oct 21, 2020MA00Yes
Sep 22, 2020CT00Yes