MERRELL BROS INC
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
20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 3
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
- 219
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 20
- Annualized
- ≈10 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.0 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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 392.8 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jul 23, 2025. 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· 71 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 2, 2025 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 22, 2023 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 22, 2023 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 30, 2023 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 16, 2023 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2023 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 11, 2022 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 27, 2022 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 10, 2022 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 9, 2022 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 12, 2021 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2021 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2020 | IN | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 10, 2020 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 19, 2019 | FL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 10, 2019 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2019 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 30, 2019 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 27, 2018 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 19, 2018 | FL | 0 | 3 | Yes |