SUMTER WRECKER SERVICE INC

DOT# 523388 MC# 622056 Sumter, SC Authorized For-Hire
(803) 773-4955 sumterwrecker@yahoo.com 324 Green Swamp Road, Sumter SC 29150
30 power units · all owned 40 drivers
Satisfactory
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Low confidence
33 yrs history · 7 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
30
Drivers · CDL
40 · 6
Annual miles
300k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 14 0 0 14
Tractors 1 0 0 1
Trailers 1 0 0 1

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
05-17-1993 (33 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
07-15-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
HAL WATTS

Cargo

69.8
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Machinery/Large Objects General Freight Other: SCRAP METAL Paper Products
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, 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.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.66× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • Held one band lower (interim): the filed fleet isn't corroborated roadside — see Exposure Unverified below

The downside is never capped.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 30 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 5 units seen in 24 months, 0.12 inspections per filed unit-year. The grade's relativity to class is unchanged; its confidence tier is cut to reflect the unverified exposure, and until the fleet is confirmed an Excellent grade shows as Strong and a Strong as Satisfactory. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

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 lower than similar fleets (about an 80% 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.

This motor carrier 0.66×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.5 a year. The grade counts 1 crash in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Violations 0.27×, out-of-service orders 0.36× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.59× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -22%.

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.

  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 5 of the 30 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (7 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 30 are running. Its grade is held one band lower until the fleet is confirmed.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule (the MCS-150 was last updated Jul 2026).
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
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, Dec 2024 – Apr 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
7
100% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 6
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 7
National avg 6.7%
Violations
0
0 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in South Carolina (about 41 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 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: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26
vs 10,544 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.029
Inspections 0.17 1.11
Violations 0.00 0.77
Critical violations 0.00 0.15

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

0 violations · 24 months

No violations on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Accelerant National Insurance Company
on record since May 1, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since May 2007
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE CO. → Accelerant National Insurance Company (May 2026); ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY → NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE CO. (May 2025)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer, replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Nov 29, 2007)

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
  • South Carolina (HQ) 6
  • North Carolina 1