Brown Cartage Company 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
19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 3
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
- 11
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 19
- Annualized
- ≈10 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.9 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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 22 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2025 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 5, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 22, 2020 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 15, 2020 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 14, 2019 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 10, 2018 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 26, 2018 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 29, 2017 | GA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 26, 2017 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2015 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2013 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 6, 2011 | GA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 7, 2008 | GA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 28, 2001 | GA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 2, 1998 | GA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 3, 1997 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 1997 | IN | 1 | 3 | Yes |
| Dec 18, 1995 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 1995 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 1995 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 1995 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 5, 1994 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |