Carrier profile · USDOT 2067891 · MC-722992 · Updated Jul 15, 2026

Russo Brothers Transport Inc

85 power unitsavg 7 yrNational · 29 statesSACRAMENTO, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-722992 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 21.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 89 vehicle and 157 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.6% · 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 6.0 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

161 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 14

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 85-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
85
Inspections · 24 mo
167
Annualized
≈84 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

38%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
64%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
70%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving60 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
8False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 92% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 52 total · 2 in 24 mo

52
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251111
20241001
20234134
20221011
20214014
20203003
20195005
20186016
20174124
20162012
20158028
20146016
20132002
20122012
20112002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 20, 2026TX03Yes
Jun 1, 2025NM12Yes
Feb 13, 2024KY00Yes
Dec 18, 2023AZ01Yes
Nov 3, 2023MT00Yes
Jan 8, 2023IA23Yes
Jan 1, 2023UT01Yes
Jun 6, 2022WI01Yes
Oct 22, 2021MS01Yes
Sep 1, 2021IL00Yes
Jul 28, 2021IN00Yes
Jun 29, 2021GA00Yes
Aug 16, 2020WY00Yes
Aug 15, 2020KY00Yes
Apr 21, 2020UT00Yes
Dec 8, 2019GA00Yes
Nov 21, 2019IL00Yes
Aug 5, 2019MA00Yes
Jul 15, 2019OR00Yes
Apr 10, 2019CO00Yes
Aug 30, 2018OK00Yes
Jun 30, 2018CA00Yes
May 21, 2018NM01Yes
Apr 11, 2018NY00Yes
Mar 26, 2018CA00Yes