BEST MOVE TRANSPORT LLC

DOT# 3605830 Dudley, NC Authorized For-Hire
(919) 722-9252 linwoodsmith40@icloud.com 103 Arrowhead Rd, Dudley NC 28333-5289
2 power units · all owned 3 drivers
Intrastate Only
Marginal Provisional: the record is still thin. A fleet of 3 power units would expect only about 0.1 crashes over the 36-month scoring window, and it had 9 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 30.0 / 100
Prior-only confidence
5 yrs history · 9 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

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

Registration

Registered
04-06-2021 (5 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-21-2021
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
LINWOOD SMITH

Cargo

64.0
medium risk
General Freight
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.

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).

Stale MCS-150 Filing

This motor carrier has not updated its 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 Reported mileage and fleet size may be outdated.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 60% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: intrastate 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 0.5× as often as the median active fleet of 2–5 trucks.

This motor carrier 1.81×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.81× similar fleets) is in the Poor range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Poor line (1.57×), so the grade stays Marginal.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.0 for similar fleets
Most likely none
This motor carrier
0.1
Similar fleets
0.0
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About 1.8× 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 under 0.1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Violations 3.37× and out-of-service orders 3.18× the rate expected for its inspections, but unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.53×. 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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 2 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 no valid CDL (Jul 2026 – Sep 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 4 of 13 violations (31%). Brake or light defects led to 3 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
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, Jan 2025 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 2 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
9
33% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
80.0%
4 of 5
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
22.2%
2 of 9
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
13
8 out-of-service

Inspected more often than intrastate fleets of 2–5 trucks in North Carolina (about 2 in 24 months would be typical; 63% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 2 out of service 2 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: 4 inspections, 3 out of service 4 Q3 '26
vs 12,623 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.250 0.020
Inspections 2.50 0.64
Violations 3.50 0.87
Critical violations 1.00 0.12

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

What they get cited for

13 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    10 · 5 OOS
    Brakes 4 · Lights 2 · Tires 2 · Wheels & hubs 1 · Other parts 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    3 · 3 OOS
    No valid CDL 3
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Hours of service 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
  • Jul
    8
    2025
    North Carolina
    Injury · 2 people 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) 9