Carrier profile · USDOT 76060 · MC-181273 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Brunton Motor Freight Inc of Il

18 power unitsavg 9.9 yrMulti-region · 9 statesPONTIAC, IL80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-181273 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbrunton1.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 40.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 14 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 30.0 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

13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 2

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 18-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
18
Inspections · 24 mo
14
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

62%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
10.28measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 22, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
9No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

Crash history· 31 total · 0 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231001
20221010
20211011
20202012
20192012
20181001
20164004
20152021
20111011
20101011
20071001
20063003
20042012
20031001
19982022
19972112
19961011
19922020
19911010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 28, 2023IA00Yes
Jan 17, 2022TX01No
Aug 6, 2021AL02Yes
Jul 22, 2020CO01Yes
Apr 15, 2020MO00Yes
Apr 16, 2019PA01Yes
Feb 27, 2019WI00Yes
Sep 23, 2018MI00Yes
Dec 12, 2016KY00Yes
Aug 21, 2016MD00Yes
Aug 7, 2016TN00Yes
May 26, 2016IL00Yes
Oct 20, 2015IA02Yes
Aug 24, 2015IL01No
Sep 18, 2011IA03Yes
May 20, 2010TN01Yes
Dec 26, 2007IA00Yes
Aug 10, 2006NV00Yes
Jul 9, 2006PA00Yes
Jun 28, 2006IL00Yes
Aug 3, 2004IN00Yes
Jun 4, 2004IL02Yes
Nov 20, 2003IL00Yes
Aug 11, 1998IN02Yes
May 20, 1998IN02Yes