MATTHEW THORNTON
DBA: MATTHEW THORNTON TRUCKING
FMCSA Live Status
Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 5
- Drivers · CDL
- 6 · 6
- Annual miles
- 800k
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Tractors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trailers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Registration
- Registered
- 02-27-2002 (24 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 04-29-2025 (Address Change)
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 07, 2026
- Officer
- MATTHEW THORNTON
Cargo
- High-Risk Cargo
- Machinery Large, 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.
Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.
Intrastate-only carrier — not required to file MCS-150. May be inspected less frequently than interstate carriers. Safety rates may have lower statistical confidence.
Not enough record to grade yet.
15 inspections and 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.
Similar fleets: private fleets of 6–9 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.
A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-4 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.
Worth a closer look
From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.
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Driver qualification1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Jun 2025).Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
- 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
- No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
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High speeding: 7
Track record
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.100 | 0.039 |
| Inspections | 1.90 | 1.41 |
| Violations | 1.70 | 1.44 |
| Critical violations | 1.10 | 0.26 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
17 violations · 24 months-
Unsafe driving No alert8 · 0 OOSSpeeding 7 · Phone use 1
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Vehicle maintenance No alert7 · 2 OOSBrakes 3 · Steering & suspension 1 · Tires 1 · Other parts 2
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Hours of service No alert1 · 0 OOSLogbook / ELD paperwork 1
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Driver fitness No alert1 · 1 OOSNo valid CDL 1
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
Violations by quarter
Tap a category to show or hide itCrashes
24 months-
Mar122026GeorgiaProperty damage onlyDaylight. Citation issued.
No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.
FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Where it happens
- Georgia (HQ) 15
How the estimate is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook
The FRED Score predicts this motor carrier's crash risk over the next 12 months — how often they're likely to crash and how severe those crashes tend to be — versus a typical fleet of its size (8 power units: 5 filed, 8 seen roadside in 24 months).
We'd expect a typical fleet of 8 power units this active to have about 0.4 crashes a year (sized from the 8 units seen roadside; 5 filed). This motor carrier recorded 2 in its scoring window (Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026, about 0.7 a year) — about 1.8× a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 0.5 over the next 12 — about 1.2× the typical fleet. When this motor carrier does crash, those crashes tend to be substantially more severe than average — roughly 3.3× the injury/fatal weight of a typical crash.
FRED multiplies three factors: the class rate a fleet of this size, class and activity is expected to run, a violation relativity from its roadside record, and its own crash experience over 36 months weighted by how much exposure stands behind it. The grade is the band of the resulting relativity to class, then the screens.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
C Property| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe Driving | 8 | 5.99 | |
| HOS Compliance | 1 | 0.04 | |
| Driver Fitness | 1 | 0.45 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 2 | 11.83 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (01-JUL-26 – 30-NOV-24) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.