CHILTON OIL COMPANY INC

DBA: SELLERS TRANSPORT COMPANY

DOT# 577374 MC# 392862 Salem, MO Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(573) 729-6671 mdane@chiltonoil.com 801 S Macarthur, Salem MO 65560
29 power units 17 drivers
HazMat Intrastate Only
Marginal
FRED Score 50.0 / 100
Low confidence
32 yrs history · 8 roadside inspections
Capped at Marginal
Current FMCSA Conditional rating (05-26-2025)

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
29
Drivers · CDL
17 · 17
Annual miles
18k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 10 0 0 10
Tractors 0 4 0 4
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Conditional (05-26-2025)
Registered
10-13-1994 (32 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-16-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
ALEX SELLERS
Officer
JEFF SELLERS

Cargo

57.8
medium risk
Liquids/Gases General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Held at Marginal by an FMCSA Rating

FMCSA currently rates this motor carrier Conditional (05-26-2025). While that rating stands, FRED grades the motor carrier no better than Marginal, even where its roadside and crash record alone would grade higher.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Intrastate Only

Intrastate-only carrier — not required to file MCS-150. May be inspected less frequently than interstate carriers. Safety rates may have lower statistical confidence.

Too little record to tell how this motor carrier's crash rate compares with similar fleets.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 20–49 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.6× as often as the median active fleet of 20–49 trucks.

This motor carrier 1.08×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.6 vs 0.6 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.6
Similar fleets
0.6
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 3 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.6 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.43×, unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.67× and out-of-service orders 0.71× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -13%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Hazmat violations
    1 hazmat violation, 1 out of service.
Strengths
  • 3 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
Data flags
  • Current adverse FMCSA safety rating
    FMCSA currently rates this motor carrier Conditional or Unsatisfactory — a recent formal finding of safety-management deficiencies. Treat as a serious underwriting concern.
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Nov 2024 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
3
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
8
75% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
12.5%
1 of 8
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 5
National avg 6.7%
Violations
3
1 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 11,996 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.052 0.027
Inspections 0.16 1.02
Violations 0.05 0.71
Critical violations 0.00 0.14

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

3 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Lights 1 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
  • Hazmat
    1 · 1 OOS
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Dec
    31
    2024
    Missouri
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided. Hazmat released.
  • Dec
    16
    2024
    Missouri
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.
  • Dec
    11
    2024
    Missouri
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$5,000,000 · NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.
on record since Dec 2, 2021 · FMCSA minimum $5,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 2000
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Dec 28, 2018)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Missouri (HQ) 8