ADKINS TRANSPORTATION INC

DOT# 631298 MC# 303944 Nebo, NC Authorized For-Hire
(828) 652-2039 adkinstransportation@gmail.com 2405 South Creek Rd, Nebo NC 28761
19 tractors · all owned 22 drivers
Satisfactory
FRED Score 62.8 / 100
Moderate confidence
30 yrs history · 94 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
19
Drivers · CDL
22 · 22
Annual miles
150k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 19 0 0 19
Trailers 19 0 0 19

Registration

Registered
02-26-1996 (30 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
09-16-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
RALPH ADKINS
Officer
Eric Adkins

Cargo

54.2
medium risk
General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Other: FRESH BREAD Paper Products
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.

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 a 60% 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 0.90×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.8 vs 0.9 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.8
Similar fleets
0.9
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About typical for 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 0.9 a year. The grade counts 3 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.33×, out-of-service orders 0.38× and violations 0.58× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -22%. 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.
  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Nov 2024).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 7.5% vs 22.3% national; driver 1.1% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 88% of inspections found no violations.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1
  • 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 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
94
88% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
7.5%
3 of 40
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
1.1%
1 of 94
National avg 6.7%
Violations
20
5 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks in North Carolina (about 28 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 8 inspections, 2 out of service 8 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 13 inspections, 0 out of service 13 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 14 inspections, 0 out of service 14 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 16 inspections, 0 out of service 16 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 13 inspections, 0 out of service 13 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 9 inspections, 0 out of service 9 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 12 inspections, 1 out of service 12 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 9 inspections, 1 out of service 9 Q3 '26
vs 14,144 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.026 0.034
Inspections 3.16 1.23
Violations 0.53 0.97
Critical violations 0.11 0.18

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

What they get cited for

20 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    15 · 4 OOS
    Brakes 5 · Lights 5 · Tires 3 · Cargo securement 1 · Wheels & hubs 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    4 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 2 · Speeding 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 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
  • Oct
    9
    2024
    North Carolina
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$750,000 · Berkley Casualty Company
on record since Sep 23, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Sep 2002
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 7, 2026
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. → Berkley Casualty Company (Sep 2025); CANAL INSURANCE CO. → HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. (Sep 2024)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer, replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jun 20, 1996)

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) 85
  • South Carolina 4
  • Tennessee 2
  • Virginia 2
  • Kentucky 1

Mostly inspected in its home state (90%).