Carrier profile · USDOT 103446 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Crown Battery Manufacturing Company

17 power unitsavg 4.9 yrMulti-region · 12 statesFREMONT, OH88/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY

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 6.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 30 vehicle and 46 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 11.0 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

46 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 6

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

≈1.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 17-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 17
Inspections · 24 mo: 46
Annualized: ≈23 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

.01measure

SMS · per-BASIC

15%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

29%

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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent May 12, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 16 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	0	1
2022	1	0	0	1
2015	2	0	2	2
2008	1	0	0	1
2007	1	0	0	1
2006	1	0	0	1
2004	1	0	0	1
2000	1	1	1	1
1999	4	1	3	4
1998	1	0	1	1
1997	1	0	1	0
1994	1	0	1	0

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Sep 16, 2024	OH	0	0	Yes
Oct 6, 2022	CT	0	0	Yes
Nov 30, 2015	OH	0	1	Yes
Jan 6, 2015	OH	0	1	Yes
Feb 12, 2008	OH	0	0	Yes
Oct 4, 2007	KY	0	0	Yes
Dec 19, 2006	IL	0	0	Yes
Jul 29, 2004	NY	0	0	Yes
Dec 7, 2000	PA	1	1	Yes
Sep 27, 1999	MI	0	0	Yes
Sep 10, 1999	IN	0	1	Yes
Jul 15, 1999	KY	0	1	Yes
Feb 19, 1999	OH	1	1	Yes
Jun 30, 1998	IN	0	1	Yes
Jan 27, 1997	IL	0	1	No
Oct 4, 1994	OH	0	1	No