Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co Inc
DBA CLEVELAND BROTHERS
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
110 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 9
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
- 339
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 115
- Annualized
- ≈58 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 60 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2025 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 1, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 11, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 5, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 27, 2023 | PA | 1 | 0 | No |
| Dec 9, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2021 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 28, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2021 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 26, 2020 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 5, 2019 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 9, 2019 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2018 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 17, 2018 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 15, 2018 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 2, 2018 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2017 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 11, 2017 | PA | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| May 25, 2017 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2017 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |