Manhattan Beer Distributors LLC
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
57 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 8
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
- 371
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 57
- Annualized
- ≈29 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 13 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 390.19 Unified registration / MCS-150Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 999 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 101 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 62 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2025 | NY | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 22, 2024 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2024 | NY | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2023 | NY | 0 | 3 | No |
| Aug 25, 2023 | NY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 21, 2022 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 18, 2022 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 2022 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2021 | NY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 10, 2021 | NY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 8, 2021 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 9, 2021 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 20, 2021 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 2021 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2020 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 27, 2020 | NY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 24, 2020 | NY | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jul 6, 2020 | NY | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2020 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 14, 2020 | NY | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 13, 2020 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 11, 2019 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 15, 2019 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 21, 2019 | NY | 1 | 0 | No |
| Jan 8, 2019 | NY | 0 | 1 | No |