COLES TRANSPORT LLC

DOT# 2548435 MC# 887427 Columbus, MS Authorized For-Hire
(662) 251-8392 colestows@gmail.com 1207 Gardner Blvd, Columbus MS 39702
3 tractors · all owned 6 drivers
Marginal Provisional: the record is still thin. A fleet of 3 power units would expect only about 0.2 crashes over the 36-month scoring window, and it had 4 inspections and 1 crash in that time, so the grade leans mostly on what's typical for similar fleets and can move as more inspections and time on the road build up.
FRED Score 30.2 / 100
Prior-only confidence
12 yrs history · 4 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
3
Drivers · CDL
6 · 4
Annual miles
70k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 3 0 0 3
Trailers 2 0 0 2

Registration

Registered
10-08-2014 (12 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
10-22-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
JEP COLE

Cargo

65.4
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Mobile Homes Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Intermodal Containers General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Other: FINISHED WOOD PRODUCTS JOIST Grain/Feed/Hay Utility Farm Supplies Construction Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Mobile Homes, 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.

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.

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).

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: 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.

This motor carrier 1.56×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.1
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About 1.6× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 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
Much worse than peers. Violations 3.01×, out-of-service orders 2.86× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.39× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +23%.

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.
  • Drivers put out of service
    7 out-of-service violations against drivers: 5 no valid CDL, 2 hours of service (Sep 2025 – Sep 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
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.
  • Limited inspection history
    Fewer than 5 roadside inspections on record, so there isn't enough data to score this motor carrier with high confidence — the score leans more on peers.

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2025 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
4
0% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
75.0%
3 of 4
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
100.0%
4 of 4
National avg 6.7%
Violations
14
11 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in Mississippi (about 4 in 24 months would be typical; 35% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 3 inspections, 3 out of service 3 Q3 '26
vs 57,530 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.167 0.043
Inspections 0.83 1.57
Violations 2.33 1.56
Critical violations 0.50 0.29

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

What they get cited for

14 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    6 · 4 OOS
    Lights 5 · Other parts 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    5 · 5 OOS
    No valid CDL 5
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    No log 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 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
    15
    2026
    Mississippi
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

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 · CANAL INSURANCE CO.
on record since Dec 8, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Oct 2016
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
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO. → CANAL INSURANCE CO. (Dec 2024)
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Dec 8, 2024, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Dec 10, 2024)

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
  • Mississippi (HQ) 3
  • Michigan 1