NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY
DBA: NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT
(706) 229-3838
dispatch@nickholdentransport.com
108 Green Bay Drive Se, Dalton GA 30721
38
tractors
33 drivers
3.5M mi/yr · ~93k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 50.0 / 100
High confidence
13 yrs history · 88 roadside inspections
FMCSA Live Status
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Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 38
- Drivers · CDL
- 33 · 33
- Annual miles
- 3.5M
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tractors | 36 | 2 | 0 | 38 |
| Trailers | 47 | 33 | 0 | 80 |
Registration
- FMCSA Rating
- Satisfactory (02-19-2021) · 5 yr old
- Registered
- 04-07-2013 (13 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 10-13-2025
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 07, 2026
- Officer
- DIMAS RAMIREZ
Cargo
62.1
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls
Machinery/Large Objects
Liquids/Gases
Intermodal Containers
Oilfield Equipment
Meat
Refrigerated Food
General Freight
Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber
Building Materials
Fresh Produce
Beverages
Grain/Feed/Hay
US Mail
Dry Bulk
Paper Products
Utility
Construction
Coal/Coke
Chemicals
- High-Risk Cargo
- Machinery Large, Oilfield Equipment, General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat
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.
Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 60% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.
Similar fleets: interstate 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 1.5× as often as the median active fleet of 20–49 trucks.
This motor carrier 1.21×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.SatisfactoryMarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Marginal. Its estimate (1.21× similar fleets) is in the Marginal range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Marginal line (1.06×), so the grade stays Satisfactory.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
3.1 vs 2.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–6 crashes
This motor carrier
3.1
Similar fleets
2.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~8%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 7 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 3.5 a year), including 2 with injuries; similar fleets have about 2.5 a year. The grade counts 9 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 2.47× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +12%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.
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.
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Injury crashes2 crashes with 6 people hurt in 24 months.Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
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Drivers put out of service7 out-of-service violations against drivers: 4 hours of service, 2 no valid CDL, 1 medical certificate (Dec 2024 – Jun 2026).Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
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Falsified logs11 false-log violations in 24 months.Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
Strengths
- No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
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Dangerous driving: 3
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High speeding: 5
Track record
FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026
· grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
7
0 fatalities · 6 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
88
43% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
20.0%
8 of 40
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
8.0%
7 of 88
National avg 6.7%
Violations
95
15 out-of-service
Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Georgia (about 40 in 24 months would be typical).
Inspections per quarter
With an out-of-service order
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 10,544 peer fleets
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.066 | 0.029 |
| Inspections | 1.87 | 1.11 |
| Violations | 1.25 | 0.77 |
| Critical violations | 0.41 | 0.15 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
95 violations · 24 months-
Vehicle maintenance No alert43 · 8 OOSBrakes 12 · Lights 11 · Tires 6 · Steering & suspension 4 · Cargo securement 3 · 7 more
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Hours of service No alert30 · 4 OOSFalse log 11 · Over hours limit 8 · Logbook / ELD paperwork 7 · No log 4
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Unsafe driving No alert19 · 0 OOSReckless / lane 9 · Speeding 6 · Other 4
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Driver fitness No alert3 · 3 OOSNo valid CDL 2 · Medical certificate 1
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
Out-of-service violations
“No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold
Violations by quarter
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Crashes
24 months-
May182026GeorgiaInjury · 2 people hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
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Apr182026GeorgiaProperty damage onlyDark - not lighted.
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Feb172026TennesseeProperty damage onlyDark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Apr132025TennesseeProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
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Feb152025TennesseeProperty damage onlyWet road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Oct62024South CarolinaInjury · 4 people hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier. Citation issued.
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Sep262024VirginiaProperty damage onlyWet road, dark - not lighted, rain, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier. Citation issued.
2 of the 7 crashes hurt someone but killed no one.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA sinceToday · live FMCSA check
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- Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
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$750,000 · CIMARRON INSURANCE COMPANYon record since Mar 12, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 2013
- 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
- 4 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 3 changes: HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → CIMARRON INSURANCE COMPANY (Mar 2026); SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Apr 2025); SPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANY → SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Apr 2024)
- 3 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Apr 24, 2025, replaced the same day); 1 replaced before it 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 21, 2025)
FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record
19 filings and 13 authority events since 2013 · FMCSA record through May 14, 2026
Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record
19 filings and 13 authority events since 2013 · FMCSA record through May 14, 2026
Newest first. Insurer names as filed. FMCSA does not publish why a filing was cancelled.
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Mar 12, 2026CIMARRON INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · on fileL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 24, 2025HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Mar 12, 2026 · replaced by another insurer11 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 28, 2025FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 21, 2025opened after SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Apr 24, 2025)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 10, 2025SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Apr 24, 2025 · cancellation notice took effect3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 19, 2024FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jan 13, 2025opened after SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Jan 15, 2025)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 24, 2024SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Jan 10, 2025 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Jan 15, 2025 came after the replacement; 9 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 28, 2024FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 25, 2024opened after SPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Apr 24, 2024)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 24, 2023SPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Apr 24, 2024 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 24, 2022ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Apr 24, 2023 · replaced by another insurer12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 28, 2022FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 25, 2022opened after TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Apr 24, 2022)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Feb 1, 2022TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Apr 24, 2022 · cancellation notice took effect3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 31, 2022FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Feb 2, 2022opened after TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Feb 27, 2022)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Nov 29, 2021TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Feb 1, 2022 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Feb 27, 2022 came after the replacement; 2 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Nov 26, 2021FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Nov 30, 2021opened after TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Dec 22, 2021)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 25, 2021TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Nov 29, 2021 · replaced by the same insurer (renewal)a cancellation notice effective Dec 22, 2021 came after the replacement; 7 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 24, 2019ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Apr 25, 2021 · replaced by another insurer24 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 24, 2018UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Apr 24, 2019 · replaced by another insurer12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 23, 2018UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Apr 24, 2018 · superseded by the same policyL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 28, 2018FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 24, 2018opened after SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC filed a cancellation notice (effective Apr 24, 2018)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Feb 4, 2018SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INCLiability · $750,000 · ended Apr 24, 2018 · cancellation notice took effect3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 8, 2018FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jan 25, 2018opened after SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC filed a cancellation notice (effective Feb 4, 2018)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 12, 2017SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INCLiability · $750,000 · ended Feb 4, 2018 · cancellation notice took effect4 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Sep 15, 2017FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Sep 18, 2017opened after SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC filed a cancellation notice (effective Oct 12, 2017)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 24, 2017SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INCLiability · $750,000 · ended Oct 12, 2017 · cancellation notice took effect6 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 24, 2016SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INCLiability · $750,000 · ended Apr 24, 2017 · replaced by the same insurer (renewal)12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
What the terms mean
- Liability filing (BIPD):
- The insurer's certificate (form BMC-91 or 91X) that the motor carrier carries bodily-injury and property-damage liability at or above FMCSA's minimum. A BMC-82 is the same promise made by a surety bond.
- FMCSA minimum:
- $750,000 for general freight in vehicles of 10,001 lb or more; $300,000 under 10,001 lb; $1,000,000 for oil and some hazardous materials; $5,000,000 for bulk hazardous materials (49 CFR 387.9).
- Primary / excess:
- An excess filing sits on top of a primary one; together they make the total filed limit.
- Replaced:
- A new filing took over from this one. Replaced the same day is an ordinary change of insurer or renewal.
- Cancellation notice:
- Form BMC-35 (insurance) or BMC-36 (bond): the insurer tells FMCSA the filing ends in 30 days. The insurer files it whether the insurer or the motor carrier ended the policy; FMCSA does not publish the reason.
- Cancellation processed by FMCSA:
- FMCSA itself ended the filing, for example when the authority was revoked.
- Lapse:
- Time with no liability filing on FMCSA's record while the authority required one. A filing received later can be back-dated, which closes a lapse after the fact.
- Suspended for insurance:
- FMCSA suspended the operating authority because no filing meeting the minimum was on file. FMCSA's records state this reason only since May 14, 2026; before then they show a revocation notice without a cause.
- FMCSA notice resolved in time:
- Before May 14, 2026, FMCSA served a revocation notice when a required filing lapsed and dropped it when the filing was restored. The notice does not say which filing lapsed.
- Suspension notice:
- Since May 14, 2026, FMCSA serves a notice that the authority will be suspended on a date unless the missing filing is restored. The notice does not say which filing.
- Cargo filing:
- Form BMC-34. FMCSA has required it only of household-goods motor carriers and forwarders since 2011, so most motor carriers' cargo policies are not on FMCSA's record.
- Broker bond / trust fund:
- Form BMC-84 (surety bond) or BMC-85 (trust fund): the $75,000 security a broker or freight forwarder must keep on file.
- Self-insurance authority:
- FMCSA lets a few large motor carriers carry their own liability; it appears as a filing by "Self-Insured".
- Risk retention group:
- An insurer owned by its policyholders (often trucking groups). It is not covered by state insurance guaranty funds.
- FMCSA record through:
- The date of the FMCSA file this section was built from. Dockets FMCSA's new system has not yet published are shown from the legacy record, frozen on May 14, 2026.
FMCSA's record of the insurance filed for this motor carrier's operating authority (forms BMC-91/91X liability, BMC-34 cargo, BMC-84/85 broker bond or trust), not the motor carrier's full insurance program. Only for-hire motor carriers with operating authority file with FMCSA; private and intrastate-only motor carriers keep proof of insurance at their place of business, so no filing does not mean no insurance. A filed limit is the amount the insurer certified to FMCSA, which can be below the policy's full limits; cargo and bond filings are shown as on file or not because FMCSA records the federal minimum rather than the policy amount. FMCSA's new registration system (May 14, 2026) publishes a partial set of dockets; a docket not yet in it is shown from the legacy record, frozen on that date, and the live check above is today's reading. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Where it happens
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Inspections by state
- Tennessee 18
- Arkansas 8
- Georgia (HQ) 7
- Maryland 7
- Louisiana 6
- New Mexico 6
- South Carolina 5
- Arizona 4
Runs well beyond its home state: 7 of 88 inspections were in Georgia.
How this grade is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
How this grade 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 (48 power units: 38 filed, 48 seen roadside in 24 months).
Crash Outlook vs Peer Fleet
crashes per year · same scale
Average peer fleet
2.5
Actual, per year in window
3.0
Projected, next 12 mo
3.1
0
1.75
3.5
We'd expect a typical fleet of 48 power units this active to have about 2.5 crashes a year (sized from the 48 units seen roadside; 38 filed). This motor carrier recorded 9 in its scoring window (Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026, about 3.0 a year) — about 1.2× a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 3.1 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.
Fatal-crash risk: about 8% chance in the next 12 months
Modeled fatal-crash rate is about typical for similar fleets (likelihood of at least one fatal crash, from its exposure and safety profile).
Track Record Used
Crashes Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026 · inspections Oct 1, 2024 → Sep 30, 2026 · data as of Oct 29, 2026
Inside that window:
85 inspections
and 9 crashes.
The FMCSA record tables now hold 87 inspections and 7 crashes in that window — the SMS data moved after this grade was computed.
Outside the scoring window
on the FMCSA record · not in this grade
Aged out — crashes before Sep 1, 2023, inspections before Oct 1, 2024
- 1 inspection with no out-of-service result
Confidence: High · Z = 0.67
Satisfactory — 1.21x its class rate (cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11). Class rate 0.053 crashes per power-unit-year for a 48-unit for-hire fleet (pu20_49). Violations 1.12x (driver behaviour 2.47x, out-of-service 1.04x, all violations 1.08x; 85 inspections). Experience 1.08x: 4.9 decayed crashes against 4.4 expected over 36 months (credibility 0.67, a 2.16). 80% range 0.66–1.84x. Fleet sized at 48 units from roadside VINs (38 filed). Last change: no change since the last run.
No change since the previous weekly run.
What Drives This Score
1.00× = this motor carrier's class rate
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.
Class rate
5.3 crashes per 100 power-unit-years
48 power units (38 filed, 48 seen roadside) · 2.53 expected crashes a year
Violation relativity
1.12×
85 inspections in window
Crash experience
1.08×
4.9 decayed crashes vs 4.4 expected · credibility 0.67
Driver behaviour
Out-of-service rate
All violations
0×1× class2×+
Each sub-relativity is shrunk toward its cohort rate when the record is thin (Bühlmann credibility), so a short record reads close to 1.00×.
Relativity to class 1.21× (80% range 0.66–1.84×)
· band Marginal → displayed Satisfactory
· cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11, Critical above
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
AB PropertyTotal Inspections
88
Driver Insp
88
Driver OOS
7
Vehicle Insp
40
Vehicle OOS
8
| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
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| Unsafe Driving | 18 | 2.60 | |
| HOS Compliance | 22 | 1.84 | |
| Driver Fitness | 3 | 0.21 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 22 | 4.61 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (01-JAN-26 – 31-AUG-26) 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.