J W SANDERS TRUCKING CO

DBA: JW SANDERS TRUCKING CO

DOT# 467652 MC# 359056 New Bern, NC Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire
(252) 637-3044 jwsanders@embarqmail.com 321 Jimmies Creek Drive, New Bern NC 28562
7 tractors · all owned 7 drivers 460k mi/yr · ~66k per unit
Intrastate Only
Marginal
FRED Score 37.9 / 100
Low confidence
34 yrs history · 46 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
7
Drivers · CDL
7 · 7
Annual miles
460k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 7 0 0 7
Trailers 13 0 0 13

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
01-08-1992 (34 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
10-08-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
SAMUEL SANDERS
Officer
RICKY STOUT

Cargo

56.6
medium risk
General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber
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.

Intrastate Only

Intrastate-only carrier — not required to file MCS-150. May be inspected less frequently than interstate carriers. Safety rates may have lower statistical confidence.

No Interstate Operating Authority

This carrier is not authorized for interstate for-hire operations. They may still operate legally as an intrastate for-hire carrier.

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: private 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.

This motor carrier 1.37×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.6 vs 0.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.6
Similar fleets
0.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About 1.4× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 3 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1.5 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Violations 1.85× and out-of-service orders 1.40× the rate expected for its inspections, but unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.38×. Together they move its crash estimate -3%: 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.
  • Lights and tires
    Lights are 10 of 25 violations (40%). Light or tire defects led to 9 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    50.0% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (7 of 14). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 1.40× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • No active operating authority
    The motor carrier's interstate for-hire authority is revoked or inactive, so it isn't currently cleared to haul interstate for hire.
  • Dangerous driving: 1

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
3
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
46
74% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
50.0%
7 of 14
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 46
National avg 6.7%
Violations
25
11 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 9 inspections, 0 out of service 9 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 7 inspections, 1 out of service 7 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 4 inspections, 2 out of service 4 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 3 inspections, 2 out of service 3 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 7 inspections, 0 out of service 7 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 7 inspections, 2 out of service 7 Q3 '26
vs 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.214 0.039
Inspections 5.21 1.41
Violations 1.79 1.44
Critical violations 0.57 0.26

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

What they get cited for

25 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    21 · 11 OOS
    Lights 10 · Tires 6 · Brakes 3 · Other parts 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Phone use 1 · Seat belt 1 · Other 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • 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
  • Apr
    27
    2026
    North Carolina
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • May
    19
    2025
    North Carolina
    Property damage only
    Wet road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jan
    30
    2025
    North Carolina
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway not divided.

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)
No liability filing on FMCSA's record through May 14, 2026.
Last filing: CANAL INSURANCE CO., ended Apr 1, 2006 (cancellation notice took effect).
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record

Operating authority inactive (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jun 9, 2003)

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
  • North Carolina (HQ) 45
  • Virginia 1

Mostly inspected in its home state (98%).