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26400 BUFORD CREEL RD, FRANKLINTON, LA, 70438

DOT# 182876 MC# 1048305 Franklinton, Louisiana 6 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$2,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest May 21, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 6

May 21, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Feb 27, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Feb 6, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jan 28, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Dec 30, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jan 27, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

Phone(985) 839-4372

Fax(985) 839-9379

Email[email protected]

Physical Address26400 BUFORD CREEL RD, FRANKLINTON, LA, 70438

Mailing Address26400 BUFORD CREEL RD, FRANKLINTON, LA, 70438

Other Companies at This Address

Address26400 BUFORD CREEL RD, FRANKLINTON, LA 70438

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Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
CREEL BROTHERS INC this company	182876	(985) 839-4372	Active
TEAM FORCE LLC	1437373	(985) 839-4534	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1048305

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating6 years

All Docket Numbers

MC1048305

Company Overview

CREEL BROTHERS INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Franklinton, Louisiana. The company has been in operation for 6 years, registered with the FMCSA on 06/01/1974. The fleet consists of 56 power units and 56 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 546,407 miles (2024). The carrier transports General Freight, Metal; Sheets, Coils, Rolls, Machinery, Large Objects and 1 other categories. 2 crashes have been reported with no fatalities. A total of 18 inspections are on file. Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates exceed the national average, which may indicate compliance concerns. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Insurance coverage of $2,000,000 is on file through ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common, Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, CREEL BROTHERS INC has a Trust Score of 89/100 (Excellent).

Cargo Transported

General FreightMetal; Sheets, Coils, RollsMachinery, Large ObjectsTree Bi-Products

Operation Classification

Authorized For HireExempt For HirePrivate (Property)

Mileage

Annual Mileage546,407 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Driver OOS16.7% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS33.3% avg 20.7%

Last Review02/25/2009

Insurance

Amount$2,000,000

Type91X

Effective06/01/2025

CompanyARCH INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #ZACAT9275804

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet56 units

Drivers56

Mileage546,407 mi

Operating6 years

MCS-15008/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away1

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total12

Out of Service2

OOS Rate16.7%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total6

Out of Service2

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 02/25/2009 | Rated: 02/25/2009

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

1 · 0 OOS —

2024

6 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

6 · 2 OOS =

2026

3 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes —

2024

0 crashes =

2025

1 crash ▲

2026

1 crash =

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through May 2026 — 13 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (23.1% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 5 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (2)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score — older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
02/06/2026	BOGALUSA	LA	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dark - Not Lighted
01/27/2025	BOGALUSA	LA	0	3	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

21 roadside violations across 13 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 11 violations · 5 OOS

Unsafe Driving 6 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 2 violations · 2 OOS

Other (General) 2 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results — not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (16)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/21/2026	LA	Full (Level I)	KENTWOOD LA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
02/27/2026 ▼	MS	Full (Level I)	JONES COUNTY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLIRP — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
01/28/2026	LA	Full (Level I)	FRANKLINTON LA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
12/30/2025 ▼	MS	Driver-Only (Level III)	RURAL PEARL RIVER COUNTY	2	1	2	1	0	0	-
Violations (2) 392.2-SLLS4 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 395.8A1-HOSP — CFR 395.8A1-HOSP OOS
12/18/2025	LA	Full (Level I)	FRANKLINTON LA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
09/19/2025	MS	Driver-Only (Level III)	G-93 INSPECTION STATION	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
08/16/2025 ▼	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	CLEVELAND TN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 390.19A2 — CFR 390.19A2 Non-OOS
05/21/2025 ▼	LA	Full (Level I)	BASILE LA	3	1	0	0	0	1	-
Violations (3) 393.45D-B — CFR 393.45D-B Non-OOS 393.134B-CRHLC — CFR 393.134B-CRHLC OOS 396.17C-PI — CFR 396.17C-PI Non-OOS
02/05/2025 ▼	SC	Driver-Only (Level III)	LAURENS SC	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.16AD — CFR 392.16AD Non-OOS
12/23/2024 ▼	MS	Full (Level I)	PIKE COUNTY	2	0	1	0	1	0	-
Violations (2) 392.2-SLLS3 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 390.21TB — CFR 390.21TB Non-OOS
09/23/2024 ▼	WY	Full (Level I)	CHEYENNE I-25 POE	11	5	3	1	8	4	-
Violations (11) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 393.75(a) — CFR 393.75(a) OOS 393.201(d) — CFR 393.201(d) Non-OOS 393.201(a) — CFR 393.201(a) OOS 396.3(a)(1) — CFR 396.3(a)(1) OOS 393.104(f)(4) — CFR 393.104(f)(4) Non-OOS 393.45(b)(2) — CFR 393.45(b)(2) OOS 393.45(b)(2) — CFR 393.45(b)(2) Non-OOS 393.45(d) — CFR 393.45(d) Non-OOS 395.8(a)(1) — ELD required but not used OOS (HOS Compliance)
09/06/2024	LA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
08/12/2024	LA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/17/2024 ▼	KY	Full (Level I)	KUTTAWA	8	1	4	0	4	1	-
Violations (8) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 390.21T(a) — CFR 390.21T(a) Non-OOS 396.17(c) — CFR 396.17(c) Non-OOS 393.43 — CFR 393.43 OOS 396.17(c) — CFR 396.17(c) Non-OOS
02/01/2024 ▼	LA	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE	2	0	0	0	2	0	-
Violations (2) 393.87(a) — CFR 393.87(a) Non-OOS 393.55(e) — CFR 393.55(e) Non-OOS
07/05/2023	LA	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	ZACAT9275800	$1,000,000	07/01/2021	06/01/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	THE GRAY INSURANCE COMPANY	XSAL-075360	$1,000,000	07/01/2019	07/01/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	THE GRAY INSURANCE COMPANY	XSAL-075360	$1,000,000	07/01/2019	08/05/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	ZACAT9275803	$2,000,000	06/01/2024	06/01/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	ZACAT9275802	$2,000,000	06/01/2023	06/01/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	ZACAT9275801	$1,000,000	06/01/2022	06/01/2023	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1048305	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	07/12/2019	-	-
MC1048305	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	07/12/2019	-	-
MC1048305	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/09/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/15/2021
MC1048305	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/09/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/15/2021

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89/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown — from 100 to 89

Starts at 100−11 totalFinal 89

Driver out-of-service rate above national average−5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−1

Verification — 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 16.6667% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

-1

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 56 vehicles (~0.04 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands — risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−1 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 56 vehicles (~0.04 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 16.6667% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back — the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A — not required — never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty — we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark — for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference — the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers) knockout	−10
Crashes — rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (2)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (16)

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