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DOT #1444698 · MARK A SPEIGHT
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MARK A SPEIGHT

DBA: M & S TRUCKING

DOT# 1444698 MC# 546025 Tuscaloosa, AL Authorized For-Hire
(205) 344-6488 cjohnston4715@gmail.com 2801 38th Avenue, Tuscaloosa AL 35401
3 tractors · all owned 3 drivers 450k mi/yr · ~150k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
21 yrs history · 15 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
3
Drivers · CDL
3 · 3
Annual miles
450k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 3 0 0 3
Trailers 2 1 0 3

Registration

Cargo Operation
Intrastate non-HM
Scope
Intrastate (Beyond 100 miles)
FMCSA Rating
Conditional (05-28-2019)historical — superseded by active authority (reviewed 7 yr ago)
Registered
12-20-2005 (21 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
08-04-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
MARK SPEIGHT

Cargo

56.6
medium risk
General Freight Building Materials Construction
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.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu2_5) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

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: interstate fleets of 2–5 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 1.9× as often as the median active fleet of 2–5 trucks.

80% likely range 0.46×–2.12×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.3

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-4 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (3 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Higher so far, not yet proven. 1 injury crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.3 a year. Too few crashes to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 4% above typical. The grade counts 3 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Violations 2.32× and out-of-service orders 2.08× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +16%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 6 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Jan 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Lights and cargo securement
    Lights are 17 of 68 violations (25%). Light or cargo securement defects led to 10 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    83.3% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (10 of 12). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 2.08× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
Strengths
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2
  • Historical FMCSA safety rating
    FMCSA once rated this motor carrier Conditional or Unsatisfactory, but the rating is stale or superseded — the motor carrier still holds active operating authority (a current Unsatisfactory would have it revoked), so it does not reflect current standing. Shown for context, not as a current finding.

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 6 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
15
0% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
83.3%
10 of 12
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
6.7%
1 of 15
National avg 6.7%
Violations
68
18 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in Alabama (about 4 in 24 months would be typical; 34% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 3 inspections, 3 out of service 3 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 5 inspections, 3 out of service 5 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 2 out of service 2 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 2 inspections.
vs 57,530 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.167 0.043
Inspections 3.00 1.57
Violations 11.33 1.56
Critical violations 1.00 0.29

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

68 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    60 · 17 OOS
    Lights 17 · Cargo securement 12 · Brakes 7 · Tires 5 · Wheels & hubs 1 · 18 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    5 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 3 · Other 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
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
  • Jan
    5
    2025
    Georgia
    Injury · 6 people hurt
    Wet road, dark - lighted, rain, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

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)
$750,000 · PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.
on record since Apr 22, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 2006
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
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO. (Apr 2026); NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO. → CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Apr 2025)
  • 4 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Apr 28, 2025, replaced the same day); 2 replaced before they took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 3

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Apr 23, 2026)

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
  • Alabama (HQ) 11
  • Georgia 3
  • Mississippi 1
Data sourced from FMCSA. The FRED Score is an analytical opinion and is not an FMCSA safety rating. Unless a motor carrier has received an Unsatisfactory safety rating under 49 CFR Part 385 or has otherwise been ordered to discontinue operations by FMCSA, it is authorized to operate. This information is provided for informational purposes only and should not be the sole basis for any decision. Report generated · fred-score.com/carrier/1444698