Carrier profile · USDOT 311235 · MC-198045 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

T M Brown Trucking Inc

11 power unitsavg 14.5 yrMulti-region · 10 statesHOUSTON, MS74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-198045 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 41.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 15.6 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

19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 2

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
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
20
Annualized
10 / yr
Coverage
0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

37%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
32%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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.

  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 52 total · 1 in 24 mo

52
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
25
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20231011
20221001
20211001
20206036
20183013
20172022
20153003
20141011
20131001
20121001
20112012
20092022
20082012
20071001
20062022
20051001
20043012
20033033
20022112
20012012
20001011
19992012
19981001
19961001
19951011
19942012
19931011
19921001
19911000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 13, 2025AL00Yes
Sep 14, 2023IL01Yes
Jan 18, 2022TN00Yes
Nov 15, 2021IL00Yes
Dec 17, 2020MS00Yes
Nov 11, 2020SC05Yes
Nov 10, 2020PA00Yes
Jul 17, 2020MS00Yes
Jun 24, 2020OK02Yes
Mar 8, 2020AL01Yes
Nov 7, 2018AL00Yes
Jun 20, 2018MS01Yes
Mar 6, 2018IL00Yes
Dec 13, 2017GA01Yes
Apr 30, 2017MS02Yes
Jul 22, 2015MS00Yes
Jun 2, 2015VA00Yes
May 11, 2015VA00Yes
Jan 17, 2014MS01Yes
Jun 2, 2013AL00Yes
Oct 2, 2012PA00Yes
Nov 18, 2011AL00Yes
Sep 1, 2011VA03Yes
Dec 31, 2009CA01Yes
Jan 22, 2009ID02Yes