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11521 ORANGE PLANK ROAD, LOCUST GROVE, VA, 22508

DOT# 549960 MC# 272322 Locust Grove, Virginia 32 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

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

Safety & compliance 4

May 4, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Nov 20, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jul 13, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Feb 14, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

Insurance 1

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

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

Contact Details

Phone(540) 841-6037

Fax(540) 675-4007

Email[email protected]

Physical Address11521 ORANGE PLANK ROAD, LOCUST GROVE, VA, 22508

Mailing Address11521 ORANGE PLANK ROAD, LOCUST GROVE, VA, 22508

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC272322

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating32 years

Company Overview

WILLARD BROWN INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Locust Grove, Virginia. The company has been in operation for 32 years, registered with the FMCSA on 02/08/1994. The fleet consists of 2 power units and 3 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 25,000 miles (2024). With zero crashes across 7 inspections, WILLARD BROWN INC maintains an excellent safety record. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, WILLARD BROWN 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 1.87 · 1 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 4.66 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage25,000 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.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS33.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/03/2026

CompanyGREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.

Policy #GWP74953A

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers3

Mileage25,000 mi

Operating32 years

MCS-15012/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total4

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total3

Out of Service1

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

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

2 · 1 OOS -

2024

2 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

3 · 1 OOS ▲

2026

1 · 0 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 May 2026, 4 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (25% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

4 roadside violations across 4 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 4 violations · 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 (8)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/04/2026	MD	Full (Level I)	FREDERICK MD	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/20/2025	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	COOLVILLE OH	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/13/2025	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	LEXINGTON	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/14/2025	MN	Walk-Around (Level II)	WEST LAKELAND MN	2	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
06/11/2024	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	WAWAYANDA (EB)	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/20/2024	AR	Full (Level I)	DALLAS COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/09/2023	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROAD SIDE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/02/2023	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	ELIZABETHTOWN	6	1	2	1	4	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections5

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
34	CARGO	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	40 MS KR0309	$0	07/24/2009	04/10/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STRATFORD INSURANCE COMPANY	TAP0736852	$1,000,000	06/08/2009	01/08/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	BA 068 74 24	$1,000,000	05/14/2007	01/16/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	BA 068 73 02	$1,000,000	05/14/2007	05/14/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	285660	$1,000,000	02/09/1994	01/11/1995	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN583954	$1,000,000	01/16/2008	04/04/2008	Cancelled
34	CARGO	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	40 MS JO8836	$0	01/16/2008	04/10/2008	Cancelled
34	CARGO	UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	R741250MTC430	$0	01/16/2007	01/16/2008	Cancelled
34	CARGO	UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	R541250MTC369	$0	01/16/2006	01/16/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	BA 068 73 02	$1,000,000	01/16/2005	05/14/2007	Replaced
34	CARGO	UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	R441250MTC305	$0	01/16/2005	01/16/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	BA 068 73 02	$750,000	01/16/2005	01/16/2005	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	222026	$1,000,000	01/16/2004	01/16/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	CM0037669	$1,000,000	01/11/2003	02/24/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	CM0037669	$1,000,000	01/11/2003	01/16/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ATHENA ASSURANCE COMPANY	AT05502932	$1,000,000	01/11/2001	01/11/2001	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ATHENA ASSURANCE COMPANY	AT05502932	$1,000,000	01/11/2001	01/11/2003	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	SFT 5992485	$1,000,000	01/11/2000	01/11/2001	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	SFT 5992485	$1,000,000	01/11/2000	02/10/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	SFT 5992485	$1,000,000	01/11/2000	01/11/2000	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	SFT 5992485	$1,000,000	01/11/2000	05/05/2000	Name Changed
34	CARGO	UTICA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	CIM3107144	$0	01/11/2000	03/21/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN234939	$1,000,000	01/11/1997	01/11/2000	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	TP 3600253	$1,000,000	01/11/1996	01/11/1997	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	296909	$1,000,000	01/11/1995	01/11/1996	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STRATFORD INSURANCE COMPANY	TAP0736852	$1,000,000	01/08/2009	03/04/2009	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC272322	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/14/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/07/2010
MC272322	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/18/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/28/2005
MC272322	PROPERTY BROKER	DISMISSED	11/13/1994	-	-
MC272322	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	DISMISSED	11/13/1994	-	-
MC272322	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	06/22/2009	-	-
MC272322	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	05/06/1994	REVOKED	01/24/2005
MC272322	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	02/03/2005	REVOKED	04/14/2008
MC272322	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/11/1995	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/07/1995

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

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% 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 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)	−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.

WILLARD BROWN INC

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Contact Details

Operating Authorities

Company Overview

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

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 (8)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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