C N BROWN COMPANY Safety Record
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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national
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
- 40
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 64
- Annualized
- ≈32 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 12/31/2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 97 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/30/2026 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/24/2026 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/29/2025 | ME | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 05/28/2025 | VT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/22/2025 | ME | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 12/19/2023 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 11/02/2023 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/07/2023 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/03/2023 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/31/2020 | ME | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 12/07/2020 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 05/20/2020 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/27/2020 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/19/2019 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/03/2019 | ME | 0 | 1 | No |
| 11/30/2018 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/28/2018 | ME | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| 07/10/2018 | ME | 0 | 1 | No |
| 02/03/2018 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/22/2017 | NH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/18/2017 | NH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 01/23/2017 | ME | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 01/09/2017 | NH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 05/10/2016 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/24/2016 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |