RONALD E BROWN Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 16.7% (24-mo)18 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.3% (24-mo)19 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

20.0% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 10.2 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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
0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 11-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
11
Inspections · 24 mo
19
Annualized
10 / yr
Coverage
0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
63%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving13
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 32 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 18 total · 0 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20211010
20203013
20181001
20172002
20162012
20151011
20131001
20081001
20071011
20062012
20011001
20001001
19991011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
07/20/2021TX01No
11/17/2020TX00Yes
07/16/2020TX00Yes
02/04/2020TX01Yes
04/14/2018TX00Yes
10/10/2017TX00Yes
08/03/2017TX00Yes
08/07/2016TX01Yes
03/13/2016TX00Yes
08/17/2015TX01Yes
06/06/2013TX00Yes
06/25/2008TX00Yes
10/26/2007TX01Yes
10/11/2006TX01Yes
03/10/2006TX00Yes
04/04/2001TX00Yes
08/21/2000TX00Yes
04/22/1999TX01Yes