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4411 N LONG ROAD, COLUMBUS, IN, 47203

DOT# 271336 MC# 191715 Columbus, Indiana 39 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

3 events tracked · latest Jul 9, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 2

Jul 8, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Apr 22, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address4411 N LONG ROAD, COLUMBUS, IN, 47203

Mailing AddressPO BOX 167, COLUMBUS, IN, 47202

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC191715

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating39 years

Company Overview

COLUMBUS WAREHOUSE & CARTAGE INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Columbus, Indiana. The company has been in operation for 39 years, registered with the FMCSA on 04/15/1986. The fleet consists of 11 power units and 8 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 361,843 miles (2024). With zero crashes across 6 inspections, COLUMBUS WAREHOUSE & CARTAGE INC maintains an excellent safety record. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, COLUMBUS WAREHOUSE & CARTAGE INC has a Trust Score of 95/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

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 1.72 · 3 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 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage361,843 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)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS100.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review08/25/2015

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/03/2026

CompanyACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CA-ZA4524

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet11 units

Drivers8

Mileage361,843 mi

Operating39 years

MCS-15009/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total5

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total1

Out of Service1

OOS Rate100.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 08/25/2015 | Rated: 10/29/2015

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

3 · 0 OOS =

2025

2 · 1 OOS ▲

Crashes

No crashes on record.

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 Jul 2025, 2 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (50% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

2 roadside violations across 2 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

Unsafe Driving 1 violation · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 1 violation · 1 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 (6)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/08/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	SPICELAND IN	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/22/2025	IN	Full (Level I)	WEST HARRISON IN	1	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
06/19/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	NEW HARMONY IN	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/12/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	GEORGETOWN IN	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/09/2024	KS	Driver-Only (Level III)	WABAUNSEE EAST M.C.I.S. #22E	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/20/2023	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	FRANKFORT	2	0	2	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections4

Unsafe Driving 3 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TF428021	$1,000,000	07/01/2004	07/01/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TF428021	$1,000,000	07/01/2004	07/23/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	TPU3035862	$1,000,000	07/01/2002	07/01/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	TPU3035862	$1,000,000	07/01/2002	08/04/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP94458A	$1,000,000	06/22/2000	07/01/2002	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP94458A	$0	06/22/2000	07/01/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	2E0510600	$1,000,000	06/22/1999	06/22/2000	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ONEBEACON INSURANCE COMPANY	T0242479	$1,000,000	06/22/1998	06/22/1999	Cancelled
34	CARGO	ONEBEACON INSURANCE COMPANY	T0242479	$0	06/22/1998	06/22/1999	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	1AT 300020480 00	$1,000,000	06/22/1995	06/22/1998	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	MONROE GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY	MG 211133	$1,000,000	06/22/1994	06/22/1995	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC191715	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	12/05/1986	-	-
MC191715	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/17/1998	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/07/1998

No revocation records.

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95/100

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 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

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

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 100% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 100% 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.

COLUMBUS WAREHOUSE & CARTAGE INC

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Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

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Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (6)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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