Carrier profile · USDOT 186265 · MC-148714 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

Brown Trucking Company

528 power unitsavg 6.8 yrNational · 20 statesLITHONIA, GA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-148714 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 16.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 456 vehicle and 991 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.5% · 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 1.8 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

957 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 55

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 528-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
528
Inspections · 24 mo
991
Annualized
≈496 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

65%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
33%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
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 Driving253 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance93 · 21 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance79 · 69 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance46 · 16 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance45 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance27 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

108 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

71ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
9False logs
16Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 743 total · 40 in 24 mo

743
Total crashes
40
In last 24 mo
35
Fatal
308
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267027
2025192618
2024242724
2023280727
2022230823
20213051129
20203301032
20193511631
20183332429
20174101540
20165011550
20154441543
20144611545
20134402144
20123621635
20112331022
2010161713
20091801117
2008100310
2007120511
20062301022
2005170716
2004173915
20032101219
2002172816
200110286
20008048
19997045
19984004
1997180617
1996150613
19958267
19946145
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 24, 2026OH00Yes
Apr 10, 2026TN00Yes
Mar 25, 2026FL01Yes
Feb 24, 2026AL00Yes
Feb 15, 2026MD01Yes
Feb 10, 2026NC00Yes
Feb 6, 2026GA00Yes
Dec 13, 2025KY00Yes
Dec 4, 2025KY00Yes
Dec 1, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 29, 2025SC01Yes
Sep 12, 2025GA01Yes
Sep 12, 2025GA10Yes
Sep 2, 2025GA01No
Aug 15, 2025FL01Yes
Aug 9, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 18, 2025GA00Yes
May 21, 2025GA00Yes
May 5, 2025TN11Yes
Apr 9, 2025GA00Yes
Mar 26, 2025SC01Yes
Feb 28, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 12, 2025NC00Yes
Jan 22, 2025AL00Yes
Jan 8, 2025LA00Yes