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STERN OIL COMPANY INC

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Company CheckSTERN OIL COMPANY INC · DOT 230887

DBA: STERN

27923 US HIGHWAY 81 PO BOX 218, FREEMAN, SD, 57029-6741

DOT# 230887 MC# MC-1203739 Freeman, South Dakota

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$5,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

13 events tracked · latest Oct 24, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 2

Sep 12, 2026
Mailing address changed in FMCSA records.
Aug 19, 2026
Company legal name changed.

Safety & compliance 7

Oct 2, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Sep 28, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Sep 9, 2026
Registered with FMCSA.
Jul 27, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jul 10, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Nov 4, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Feb 13, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 4

Current
Active insurance on file through SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY ($2,000).
Sep 1, 2026
Insurance on file through SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY ($2,000).
Sep 1, 2026
Insurance on file through SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY ($1,000).
Sep 1, 2026
Insurance on file through SIRIUSPOINT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY ($1,000).

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

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Physical Address27923 US HIGHWAY 81 PO BOX 218, FREEMAN, SD, 57029-6741

Operating Authorities

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1203739

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Property) Hazardous Materials

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure .08 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .01 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .01 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 6.11 · 11 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage2,708,414 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.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS22.7% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review04/23/1996

Insurance

Amount$5,000,000

VerifiedFMCSA · 09/15/2026

CompanySUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

Last checked10/24/2026

Active Policies3

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet45 units

Drivers33

Mileage2,708,414 mi

MCS-15009/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away2

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total41

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total22

Out of Service5

OOS Rate22.7%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total10

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 04/23/1996 | Rated: 04/30/1996

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

5 · 0 OOS -

2024

24 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

21 · 3 OOS ▲

2026

10 · 2 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

0 crashes =

2025

2 crashes ▲

2026

0 crashes ▼

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 Oct 2026, 37 inspections, 5 resulted in out-of-service (13.5% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 7 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
11/04/2025	LEXINGTON	NE	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
02/13/2025	RURAL	SD	0	0	1	1	Clear	Ice	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

38 roadside violations across 37 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 25 violations · 7 OOS

Unsafe Driving 7 violations · 0 OOS

Hazardous Materials 2 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 1 violation · 0 OOS

Other (General) 3 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 (60)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
10/02/2026	MN	Full (Level I)	WORTHINGTON MN	6	2	6	2	1	▲Detail
09/28/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	RAPID CITY SD	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/27/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	BRIDGEPORT NE	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/10/2026	NE	Full (Level I)	WAVERLY NE	4	1	4	1	-	▲Detail
06/03/2026	NE	Full (Level I)	NEBRASKA CITY NE	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/12/2026	NE	Full (Level I)	NORTH PLATTE NE	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/13/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	MIDWAY SD	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/10/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH PLATTE EAST BOUND	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/18/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	FREMONT SCALE	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/11/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	MIDWAY SD	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/26/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	FREMONT SCALE	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/05/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	MIDWAY SD	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/20/2025	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROCK PORT MO	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/08/2025	CO	Walk-Around (Level II)	FORT COLLINS CO	2	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
09/16/2025	NE	Full (Level I)	ON S RENNER RD, 154 FEET SOUTH	4	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/23/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	YANKTON SD	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/11/2025	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MIDWAY SD	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/02/2025	ND	Full (Level I)	MOORETON ND	2	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
05/14/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON UNNAMED STREET, 571 FEET SO	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/08/2025	US	Full (Level I)	TILFORD SD	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/30/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 30, 226 FEET WEST OF	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/24/2025	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	PLATTE CITY MO	3	2	0	2	-	▲Detail
04/07/2025	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BERESFORD SD	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/20/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 81, 54 FEET SOUTH OF	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/18/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	FREMONT SCALE	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/18/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH PLATTE WEST BOUND	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/03/2025	SD	Full (Level I)	HILL CITY SD	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/07/2025	NE	Walk-Around (Level II)	FREMONT SCALE	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/07/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	SIOUX FALLS SD	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/30/2025	SD	Full (Level I)	TILFORD SD	3	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/28/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	FREMONT SCALE	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/26/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	37 - I29 SB MM 132 SALIX	2	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
12/24/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	MIDWAY SD	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MITCHELL SD	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/11/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MIDWAY SD	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/21/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MIDWAY SD	3	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/12/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	FREMONT SCALE	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/22/2024	SD	Full (Level I)	TILFORD SD	3	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
10/09/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	RAPID CITY SD	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/27/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MIDWAY SD	4	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/27/2024	NE	Full (Level I)	NORTH PLATTE WEST BOUND	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/02/2024	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	PLATTE CITY MO	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/29/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	TILFORD SD	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/24/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON UNNAMED STREET, 172 FEET NO	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/17/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 34/ 281 AND WILDWOOD	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/26/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MURDO SD	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/12/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	WASTA SD	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/29/2024	SD	Full (Level I)	TILFORD SD	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/15/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MIDWAY SD	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/15/2024	SD	Full (Level I)	RAPID CITY SD	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/08/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NEBRASKA CITY SCALE	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/17/2024	SD	Full (Level I)	CHAMBERLAIN SD	3	2	0	2	-	▲Detail
04/02/2024	NE	Walk-Around (Level II)	ON STATE HWY 31, 308 FEET NORT	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/01/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MITCHELL SD	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/23/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	FREMONT SCALE	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/15/2023	US	Full (Level I)	RAPID CITY SD	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/13/2023	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	SALEM SD	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/01/2023	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MOUNT VERNON SD	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/25/2023	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	PLATTE CITY MO	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/23/2023	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	ELK POINT SD	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections38

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 11 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Excess	SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	ISCNN08000000026-01	$2,000,000	09/01/2026	-	-
91X	BIPD/Excess	SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	ISCNB05000000387-01	$1,000,000	09/01/2026	-	-
91X	BIPD/Excess	SIRIUSPOINT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	IPS-EX-00000254	$1,000,000	09/01/2026	-	-
91X	BIPD/Excess	UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	1084PSM2100055-300040	$4,000,000	02/02/2021	09/01/2025	Replaced

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective
91X	BIPD/Excess	SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	ISCNN08000000026-01	$2,000,000	09/01/2026
91X	BIPD/Excess	SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	ISCNB05000000387-01	$1,000,000	09/01/2026
91X	BIPD/Excess	SIRIUSPOINT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	IPS-EX-00000254	$1,000,000	09/01/2026

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1203739	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/11/2021	-	-

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91/100

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 91

Starts at 100−9 totalFinal 91

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

Operating history unknown−3

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

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 22.7273% vs national avg 20.72%.

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

-1

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 45 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 45 vehicles (~0.04 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 22.7273% 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)	−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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Crash Records (2)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (60)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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