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DOT #732270 · DW CARR JR & SONS TRUCKING LLC
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DW CARR JR & SONS TRUCKING LLC

DOT# 732270 MC# 201649 Willard, NC Authorized For-Hire
(910) 532-4362 derrick@dwcarr.com 949 Buckhorn Road, Willard NC 28478
15 tractors · all owned 12 drivers
Marginal
FRED Score 39.7 / 100
Low confidence
28 yrs history · 25 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
15
Drivers · CDL
12 · 12
Annual miles
4M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 15 0 0 15
Trailers 32 0 0 32

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (01-10-2019) · 7 yr old
Registered
02-27-1998 (28 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
01-27-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
DANIEL W CARR III
Officer
DERRICK J CARR

Cargo

68.3
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Fresh Produce Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Machinery Large, General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat

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 implausibly high for fleet size. 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).

High Utilization Fleet

This motor carrier reports 264,425 miles per power unit annually, which exceeds typical single-driver limits (~150,000–180,000 miles/year). This motor carrier is still rated, but the high utilization may indicate:

  • Team driving operations where trucks run nearly 24/7 with rotating drivers
  • Stale fleet count in MCS-150 (power units not updated while operations expanded)
  • Data entry anomaly in annual mileage reporting
  • Expedited/dedicated routes with unusually high truck utilization

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 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 1.32×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.0 vs 0.8 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
1.0
Similar fleets
0.8
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~3%
About 1.3× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.8 a year. The grade counts 3 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 4.40× and violations 1.82× the rate expected for its inspections, but out-of-service orders 0.66×. Together they move its crash estimate +19%.

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
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 1 no valid CDL, 1 medical certificate (May 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Falsified logs
    4 false-log violations in 24 months.
    Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 4.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
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 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
25
56% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
20.0%
1 of 5
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
4.0%
1 of 25
National avg 6.7%
Violations
28
3 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks in North Carolina (about 22 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q3 '26
vs 14,122 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.067 0.034
Inspections 1.30 1.23
Violations 0.93 0.97
Critical violations 0.27 0.19

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

What they get cited for

28 violations · 24 months
  • Hours of service No alert
    15 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 5 · False log 4 · No log 3 · Over hours limit 3
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    7 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 4 · Phone use 1 · Seat belt 1 · Speeding 1
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    4 · 1 OOS
    Cargo securement 1 · Lights 1 · Other parts 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    Medical certificate 1 · No valid CDL 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
  • Aug
    1
    2026
    South Carolina
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Aug
    22
    2025
    Georgia
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$750,000 · Canal Insurance Company
on record since Apr 27, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 1993
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: SPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANY → Canal Insurance Company (Apr 2026); NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA → SPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANY (Apr 2024)
  • 3 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Apr 27, 2026, replaced the same day); 1 replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since May 18, 2022)

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) 10
  • South Carolina 7
  • Georgia 3
  • Maryland 2
  • Tennessee 2
  • West Virginia 1

40% of inspections were in its home state.

Data sourced from FMCSA. The FRED Score is an analytical opinion and is not an FMCSA safety rating. Unless a motor carrier has received an Unsatisfactory safety rating under 49 CFR Part 385 or has otherwise been ordered to discontinue operations by FMCSA, it is authorized to operate. This information is provided for informational purposes only and should not be the sole basis for any decision. Report generated · fred-score.com/carrier/732270