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BROWN STRAUSS INC

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Company CheckBROWN STRAUSS INC · DOT 2594998

Private carrier, runs its own trucks and hauls its own freight

DBA: BROWN-STRAUSS STEEL

2495 URAVAN STREET, AURORA, CO, 80011

DOT# 2594998 Aurora, Colorado

PRIVATE CARRIER

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Aug 19, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 1

Aug 10, 2026
Phone number changed.

Safety & compliance 5

Aug 19, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jul 29, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
Apr 2, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Mar 17, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Apr 4, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address2495 URAVAN STREET, AURORA, CO, 80011

Mailing Address2495 URAVAN STREET, AURORA, CO, 80011

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operation Classification

Private (Property)Private Only

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 .4 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 10.21 · 9 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,050,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS46.2% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review04/26/2024

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypePrivate Carrier

Fleet24 units

Drivers24

Mileage1,050,000 mi

MCS-15008/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total21

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total13

Out of Service6

OOS Rate46.2%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 04/26/2024

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 · 1 OOS -

2024

10 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

15 · 4 OOS ▲

2026

5 · 2 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

1 crash =

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 Aug 2026, 21 inspections, 6 resulted in out-of-service (28.6% 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
04/04/2025	NOT LISTED	TX	0	1	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight
09/13/2024	DUPONT	WA	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dusk

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

40 roadside violations across 21 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 29 violations · 6 OOS

Unsafe Driving 10 violations · 1 OOS

Other (General) 1 violation · 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 (31)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/19/2026	UT	Full (Level I)	HELPER UT	3	1	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
07/29/2026	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MUSKEGO WI	3	0	2	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/02/2026	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/17/2026	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH10 WB WINNIE SCALE	4	1	0	4	1	-	▲Detail
01/13/2026	UT	Driver-Only (Level III)	BRIGHAM CITY UT	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
10/30/2025	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	MAYVIEW MO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/09/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	E/B 580 LIVERMORE SCALES	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/03/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH10 WB WINNIE SCALE	5	0	0	5	0	-	▲Detail
09/30/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	ELKHORN BLVD AT 34TH	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/16/2025	UT	Full (Level I)	BRIGHAM CITY UT	3	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
09/15/2025	UT	Driver-Only (Level III)	BRIGHAM CITY UT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/09/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	3	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
08/19/2025	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	VANCOUVER WA	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/13/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	SS-0330 IN HARRIS CO. (700-704	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
07/16/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	SH105 BYPASS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/08/2025	UT	Driver-Only (Level III)	SALT LAKE CITY UT	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/08/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/31/2025	TX	Full (Level I)	IH45 NB NEW WAVERLY SCALE	4	2	0	4	2	-	▲Detail
02/26/2025	OR	Full (Level I)	DAMASCUS OR	6	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
02/10/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	RAINBOW IF	2	1	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
12/12/2024	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/13/2024	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	PHOENIX AZ	3	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
06/04/2024	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	DU PONT WA	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/21/2024	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	FEDERAL WAY WA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/14/2024	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	4	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/23/2024	CA	Terminal (Level V)	14970 JURUPA AVE, FONTANA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/23/2024	CA	Terminal (Level V)	14970 JURUPA AVE, FONTANA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/22/2024	CA	Terminal (Level V)	STOCKTON	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/16/2024	WA	Full (Level I)	KELSO WA	5	3	0	0	3	-	▲Detail
02/08/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/19/2023	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	PHOENIXAZ	2	2	0	0	2	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections20

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 9 viols

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

No authority history.

No revocation records.

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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.

Operating authority N/A

Not required for private carriers, a private carrier hauls its own goods and needs no for-hire operating authority (no MC number) under FMCSA.

Insurance on file with FMCSA N/A

Not required for private carriers, a non-hazmat private carrier hauling its own goods is generally not required to file proof of insurance with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 46.1538% 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 24 vehicles (~0.08 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 24 vehicles (~0.08 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 46.1538% 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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Drivers

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Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (2)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (31)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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