Carrier profile · USDOT 505638 · MC-259420 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Browns Oil Transport LLC

9 power unitsavg 12.7 yrLocal · 1 statesINDIANAPOLIS, IN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-259420 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 37.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 21.7 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

8 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 3

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 9-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
9
Inspections · 24 mo
8
Annualized
≈4 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 171.2 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 22 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 21 total · 4 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20243013
20233013
20221011
20202002
20191001
20182012
20152012
20141011
20091001
20071001
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 2, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 12, 2025IN00Yes
Aug 19, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 9, 2024IN01Yes
Mar 14, 2024IN00Yes
Feb 21, 2024IN00Yes
Oct 27, 2023IN01Yes
Jun 28, 2023IN00Yes
Apr 24, 2023IN00Yes
Feb 17, 2022IN01Yes
Jun 6, 2020IN00Yes
Feb 29, 2020IN00Yes
Nov 21, 2019IN00Yes
Nov 5, 2018IN00Yes
Oct 29, 2018IN01Yes
Dec 22, 2015IN01Yes
Apr 4, 2015IN00Yes
Sep 21, 2014IN01Yes
Jun 19, 2009IN00Yes
Sep 20, 2007IN00Yes
Aug 26, 2004IN00Yes