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FRANK BROWN TOWING INC

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Company CheckFRANK BROWN TOWING INC · DOT 683501

899 KENMORE AVE, BUFFALO, NY, 14223

DOT# 683501 MC# 948244 Buffalo, New York 10 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

7 events tracked · latest Sep 11, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Jul 1, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Mar 4, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Mar 17, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Jan 17, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Dec 20, 2024
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 2

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).
Sep 20, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (ERIE INSURANCE COMPANY).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address899 KENMORE AVE, BUFFALO, NY, 14223

Mailing Address899 KENMORE AVE, BUFFALO, NY, 14223

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC948244

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating10 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Property)Federal Government

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 .95 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure .81 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 6.18 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage250,000 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)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS16.7% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS16.7% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review03/24/2023

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/10/2026

CompanyPROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERN INS. CO.

Policy #CA863199461

Last checked09/10/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet9 units

Drivers9

Mileage250,000 mi

Operating10 years

MCS-15007/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total6

Out of Service1

OOS Rate16.7%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total6

Out of Service1

OOS Rate16.7%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 03/24/2023

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

2 · 0 OOS -

2024

4 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

2 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

2 · 2 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

0 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 Jul 2026, 6 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (50% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

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
12/20/2024	Ref Marker:	NY	0	1	1	1	Fog/Smog	Wet	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

18 roadside violations across 6 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 11 violations · 4 OOS

Unsafe Driving 4 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 1 OOS

Other (General) 2 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 (10)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/01/2026	NY	Full (Level I)	LACKAWANNA NY	3	1	1	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
03/04/2026	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	LANCASTER NY	2	1	1	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/17/2025	NY	Full (Level I)	BUFFALO NY	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/17/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	SPRINGVILLE NY	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/13/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	NORTH TONAWANDA NY	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/24/2024	NY	Full (Level I)	EAST AMHERST NY	6	2	0	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
08/09/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	DEPEW (EXIT 49)	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/06/2024	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	YORKSHIRE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/31/2023	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	ELERY REST AREA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/25/2023	NY	Full (Level I)	LOCKPORT MALL	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections7

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 5 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	ERIE INSURANCE COMPANY	Q09 7080068	$750,000	09/20/2020	09/20/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	PT603215	$750,000	04/01/2019	04/01/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	PT603215	$750,000	04/01/2019	10/24/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ERIE INSURANCE COMPANY	Q04 5180230	$750,000	02/01/2016	04/01/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ERIE INSURANCE COMPANY	Q09 7080068	$1,000,000	01/23/2020	09/20/2020	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC948244	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	02/24/2021	-	-
MC948244	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/05/2016	REVOKED	10/30/2019

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93/100

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 93

Starts at 100−7 totalFinal 93

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

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−2

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

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 16.6667% vs national avg 5.51%.

-2

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 9 vehicles (~0.11 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−2 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 9 vehicles (~0.11 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 16.6667% vs national avg 5.51%.

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.

FRANK BROWN TOWING INC

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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

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (10)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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