Carrier profile · USDOT 606059 · MC-290241 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Towns Brothers Construction Co

16 power unitsavg 15.7 yrLocal · 1 statesLUDINGTON, MI62/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-290241 ACTIVE
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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 60.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 50.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 4 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 1

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 16-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
16
Inspections · 24 mo
5
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
31%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
87%
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.

  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 6 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 18 total · 5 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20242102
20212012
20181001
20171001
20151001
20143003
20131001
20062002
20052012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 14, 2026MI00Yes
Nov 21, 2025MI00Yes
Jul 3, 2025MI02Yes
Dec 27, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 13, 2024MI10Yes
Oct 8, 2021MI00Yes
Sep 28, 2021MI01Yes
Feb 8, 2018MI00Yes
Oct 4, 2017MI00Yes
Dec 9, 2015MI00Yes
Nov 19, 2014MI00Yes
Jan 28, 2014MN00Yes
Jan 17, 2014MI00Yes
Jan 25, 2013MI00Yes
Dec 1, 2006MI00Yes
Jan 20, 2006MI00Yes
Dec 27, 2005MI00Yes
Mar 8, 2005MI04Yes