BEAR GARDEN INC

DOT# 2494774 Elizabeth City, NC Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(252) 335-4520 760 Pitts Chapel Road, Elizabeth City NC 27909
11 power units · all owned 6 drivers
Intrastate Only
Marginal
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Low confidence
12 yrs history · 11 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
11
Drivers · CDL
6 · 6
Annual miles
0 unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 9 0 0 9
Tractors 2 0 0 2
Trailers 6 0 0 6

Registration

Registered
04-11-2014 (12 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-11-2014
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
PHILLIP W HARRINGTON

Cargo

60.0
medium risk
Machinery/Large Objects Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Other: SAND, TOPSOIL, ROCK, MULCH, TREE DEBRIS
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large

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

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage is missing or zero despite observed safety 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).

Stale MCS-150 Filing

This motor carrier has not updated their MCS-150 in over 3 years. Reported mileage and fleet size may be outdated.

Intrastate operation

Runs within North Carolina only. Intrastate fleets in North Carolina are inspected about 1 a year for every 2 trucks; interstate fleets, about 1 a year for every 2 trucks. Its roadside record counts the same way as an interstate fleet's.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: intrastate fleets of 10–19 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 0.2× as often as the median active fleet of 10–19 trucks.

This motor carrier 2.40×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Critical. Its estimate (2.40× similar fleets) is in the Critical range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Critical line (2.11×), so the grade stays Marginal.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.1
Similar fleets
0.1
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About 2.4× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 1 injury crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Out-of-service orders 1.38× the rate expected for its inspections, but unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.48×. Together they move its crash estimate -6%: 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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 8.5% for intrastate motor carriers.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 82% of inspections found no violations.
Data flags
  • 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, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
11
82% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
50.0%
2 of 4
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 11
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
3
2 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as intrastate fleets of 10–19 trucks in North Carolina (about 14 in 24 months would be typical; 35% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 2,537 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.045 0.016
Inspections 0.82 0.46
Violations 0.14 0.45
Critical violations 0.00 0.07

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, 10–19 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

3 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    3 · 2 OOS
    Brakes 1 · Cargo securement 1 · Lights 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • 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
  • Mar
    11
    2026
    North Carolina
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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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

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Inspections by state
  • North Carolina (HQ) 11