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4800 VAN CLEAVE ST, INDIANAPOLIS, IN, 46226

DOT# 505638 MC# 259420 Indianapolis, Indiana 33 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

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

Safety & compliance 8

May 28, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 19, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
Apr 28, 2026
Roadside inspection, 4 violations (no OOS).
Apr 15, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Feb 2, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Dec 12, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Aug 19, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jan 9, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION CONTRACT.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address4800 VAN CLEAVE ST, INDIANAPOLIS, IN, 46226

Mailing Address4800 VAN CLEAVE ST, INDIANAPOLIS, IN, 46226

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationB - Intrastate (Hazmat)

DocketMC259420

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating33 years

Company Overview

BROWNS OIL TRANSPORT LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company has been in operation for 33 years, registered with the FMCSA on 11/30/1992. The fleet consists of 13 power units and 24 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 800,000 miles (2024). 4 crashes have been reported with no fatalities. A total of 16 inspections are on file. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through FEDERATED RESERVE INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, BROWNS OIL TRANSPORT LLC has a Trust Score of 90/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire 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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

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 7.86 · 6 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage800,000 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 RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)4

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS37.5% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review08/31/2023

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/29/2026

CompanyFEDERATED RESERVE INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #1913617

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet13 units

Drivers24

Mileage800,000 mi

Operating33 years

MCS-15007/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)4

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away3

Driver Inspections

Total8

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total8

Out of Service3

OOS Rate37.5%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total5

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 08/31/2023

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

9 · 3 OOS -

2024

5 · 1 OOS ▼

2025

2 · 1 OOS =

2026

5 · 1 OOS =

Crashes

2023

2 crashes -

2024

3 crashes ▲

2025

2 crashes ▼

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, 8 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (25% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (8)

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	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
02/02/2026	INDIANAPOLIS	IN	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
12/12/2025	AVON	IN	0	1	2	Fog/Smog	Ice	Daylight
08/19/2025	INDIANAPOLIS	IN	0	1	2	Severe Crosswinds	Dry	Daylight
12/09/2024	MCCORDSVILLE	IN	1	1	2	Severe Crosswinds	Wet	Daylight
03/14/2024	INDIANAPOLIS	IN	0	1	2	Severe Crosswinds	Dry	Daylight
02/21/2024	LEBANON	IN	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
10/27/2023	LAFAYETTE	IN	1	1	1	Severe Crosswinds	Wet	Daylight
06/28/2023	NOBLESVILLE	IN	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

19 roadside violations across 8 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 15 violations · 2 OOS

Hazardous Materials 3 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 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 (21)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/28/2026	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	INDIANAPOLIS IN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/19/2026	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	INDIANAPOLIS IN	3	0	0	3	0	2	▲Detail
04/28/2026	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	INDIANAPOLIS IN	4	0	0	4	0	-	▲Detail
04/15/2026	IN	Full (Level I)	FRANKLIN IN	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
04/14/2026	IN	Full (Level I)	NEWBERRY IN	5	1	0	5	1	-	▲Detail
09/12/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	PENDLETON IN	1	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
05/27/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	WEST HARRISON IN	3	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/01/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	WARREN IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/23/2024	IN	Full (Level I)	LAFAYETTE IN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/06/2024	KY	Full (Level I)	HENDERSON	4	1	3	1	1	-	▲Detail
04/04/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	INDIANAPOLIS IN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	SHELBYVILLE IN	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2023	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	NEW CASTLE IN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/29/2023	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	GREENFIELD IN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/17/2023	US	Full (Level I)	LAWRENCEIN	1	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
08/17/2023	US	Full (Level I)	LAWRENCEIN	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/17/2023	US	Full (Level I)	LAWRENCEIN	5	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
08/17/2023	US	Full (Level I)	LAWRENCEIN	5	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
08/17/2023	US	Full (Level I)	LAWRENCEIN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/17/2023	US	Full (Level I)	LAWRENCEIN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/07/2023	IN	Full (Level I)	I465WB	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections7

Vehicle Maintenance 6 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70APS121387-01	$1,000,000	10/05/2024	10/05/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRB005722	$1,000,000	10/05/2024	01/27/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRB005722	$1,000,000	10/05/2024	12/05/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	6E02065	$1,000,000	10/05/2019	10/01/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Excess	PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	PHUB559275	$4,000,000	10/05/2016	11/06/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	PHPK1561549	$1,000,000	10/05/2016	10/01/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	PHPK1561549	$1,000,000	10/05/2016	11/06/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Excess	PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	PHUB517435	$4,000,000	10/05/2015	10/05/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	PHPK1403892	$1,000,000	10/05/2015	10/05/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	4E82262	$1,000,000	10/05/2012	10/30/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE CO.	CA 127597A	$1,000,000	10/05/2008	10/05/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE CO.	CA 127597A	$1,000,000	10/05/2008	11/08/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	FEDERATED MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	918 4661	$1,000,000	10/05/2004	10/05/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Excess	FEDERATED MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	918 46 62	$2,000,000	10/05/2004	10/30/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Excess	MONROE GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY	MG100500C92	$1,000,000	10/05/1992	06/17/1998	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	MONROE GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY	MG100500B92	$1,000,000	10/05/1992	06/17/1998	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	6E02065	$750,000	10/01/2019	10/05/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	6E02065	$1,000,000	10/01/2019	10/05/2024	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC259420	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/31/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/09/2025
MC259420	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	11/18/2019	-	-
MC259420	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	11/17/2015	REVOKED	11/12/2019
MC259420	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	10/21/2004	REVOKED	11/05/2014
MC259420	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/12/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/06/2012
MC259420	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	03/04/1993	REVOKED	09/03/1998

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90/100

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 90

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−5

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

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 6/29/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 4 crash(es) across 13 vehicles (~0.31 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 37.5% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−5 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 4 crash(es) across 13 vehicles (~0.31 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 37.5% 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.

BROWNS OIL TRANSPORT LLC

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Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

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Quick Facts

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (8)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (21)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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