Carrier profile · USDOT 311537 · MC-967183 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Brown Foodservice Inc

33 power unitsavg 6.4 yrRegional · 6 statesLOUISA, KY87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-967183 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 22.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 53 vehicle and 89 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · 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 5.3 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

87 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 11

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 33-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
33
Inspections · 24 mo
89
Annualized
≈45 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
15%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
29%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving33 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 17 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 41 total · 3 in 24 mo

41
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20241001
20232002
20212012
20202011
20192012
20172011
20161001
20141001
20121001
20101001
20095025
20084024
20072012
20061001
20051011
20033013
20021011
20011001
19981011
19961011
19941001
19932002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 25, 2026WV00Yes
May 5, 2025OH00Yes
Feb 13, 2025WV00Yes
May 31, 2024KY00Yes
Nov 14, 2023WV00Yes
Oct 17, 2023WV00Yes
Jul 28, 2021KY01Yes
Jul 2, 2021WV00Yes
Dec 2, 2020OH00Yes
Oct 27, 2020OH02No
Jul 8, 2019KY00Yes
Feb 25, 2019WV01Yes
May 18, 2017OH02No
Feb 28, 2017KY00Yes
Feb 25, 2016WV00Yes
Dec 9, 2014VA00Yes
Mar 8, 2012WV00Yes
Sep 10, 2010KY00Yes
Sep 30, 2009KY01Yes
Sep 4, 2009KY01Yes
Jun 25, 2009KY00Yes
Jun 10, 2009KY00Yes
Apr 2, 2009KY00Yes
Apr 14, 2008WV00Yes
Jan 22, 2008KY00Yes