Carrier profile · USDOT 181677 · MC-165277 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Purdy Brothers Trucking LLC

61 power unitsavg 8.1 yrNational · 24 statesLOUDON, TN74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-165277 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkspurdybros.comFMCSA SAFER

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 34.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 69 vehicle and 170 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.4% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 19.5 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

162 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 12

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 61-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
61
Inspections · 24 mo
170
Annualized
≈85 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

63%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
66%
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 Driving130 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 10 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 26 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 9 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

31 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 31, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
1False logs
11Drove over hours

Trending worse — 69% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 391 total · 11 in 24 mo

391
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
14
Fatal
173
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264024
20253013
20248038
20236135
20228038
20217027
20205213
2019111110
2018141314
2017110111
20167027
20155035
2014110411
20136125
20125034
20116016
20109039
20097037
2008111311
2007120411
2006160915
2005171617
20041401012
20032711423
2002180915
20018118
2000191917
1999130811
19981711214
1997191818
19962001320
1995170715
1994110510
19937057
19924132
19914034
19904034
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 18, 2026TN00Yes
Mar 7, 2026NC00Yes
Feb 10, 2026PA01Yes
Jan 4, 2026AL01Yes
Jul 12, 2025OH01Yes
Apr 3, 2025AL00Yes
Feb 2, 2025TN00Yes
Nov 24, 2024MS01Yes
Nov 19, 2024MS01Yes
Sep 27, 2024VA00Yes
Sep 21, 2024IN00Yes
Jun 25, 2024VA01Yes
Mar 26, 2024AR00Yes
Mar 25, 2024VA00Yes
Jan 8, 2024PA00Yes
Dec 15, 2023WV00Yes
Nov 20, 2023IL01No
Oct 6, 2023IL00Yes
May 23, 2023MD10Yes
May 18, 2023FL01Yes
Feb 13, 2023PA01Yes
Nov 26, 2022AL00Yes
Nov 7, 2022IN00Yes
Oct 18, 2022MD00Yes
Sep 5, 2022IL00Yes