HORTON'S PRODUCE INC

DOT# 953668 MC# 220427 Hillsville, VA Authorized For-Hire
(276) 728-9962 hortonsproduce@embarqmail.com 44 Winding Ridge Road, Hillsville VA 24343
7 tractors · all owned 7 drivers 478k mi/yr · ~68k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
25 yrs history · 8 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
7
Drivers · CDL
7 · 7
Annual miles
478k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 7 0 0 7
Trailers 10 0 0 10

Registration

Registered
05-11-2001 (25 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
01-21-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
BLAKE HORTON

Cargo

62.3
medium risk
General Freight Fresh Produce
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 (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Not enough record to grade yet.

8 inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one. It leans better than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but not by enough to grade.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 6–9 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

80% likely range 0.27×–1.60×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.3

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-9 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (7 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Out-of-service orders 1.69× and violations 1.29× the rate expected for its inspections, but unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.75×. Together they move its crash estimate +3%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Driver qualification
    3 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 no valid CDL, 1 other qualification (May 2026 – Jun 2026).
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Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.

Track record

FMCSA record, May 2025 – Jun 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
8
50% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
20.0%
1 of 5
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
25.0%
2 of 8
National avg 6.7%
Violations
8
4 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 6–9 trucks in Virginia (about 7 in 24 months would be typical; 22% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 2 out of service 2 Q2 '26
vs 57,530 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.043
Inspections 0.93 1.57
Violations 0.57 1.56
Critical violations 0.21 0.29

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

What they get cited for

8 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    4 · 1 OOS
    Lights 2 · Tires 1 · Other parts 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    3 · 3 OOS
    No valid CDL 2 · Other qualification 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 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

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

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)
$750,000 · SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHEAST
on record since Apr 1, 2019 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 2011
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jul 10, 2015)

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 3
  • West Virginia 3
  • Maryland 1
  • Virginia (HQ) 1