SOUTHWAY CRANE & RIGGING LLC

DOT# 955010 MC# 1673053 Byron, GA Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(478) 956-1805 dknighton@southwayatlanta.com 222 New Dunbar Road, Byron GA 31008
190 power units · all owned 150 drivers
Satisfactory
FRED Score 63.1 / 100
Moderate confidence
25 yrs history · 75 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
190
Drivers · CDL
150 · 150
Annual miles
3M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 125 0 0 125
Tractors 65 0 0 65
Trailers 160 0 0 160

Registration

Organization
INDIVIDUAL
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (11-17-2017) · 8 yr old
Registered
05-17-2001 (25 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
02-21-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
BUBBA MURRAY

Cargo

67.9
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Machinery/Large Objects Oilfield Equipment General Freight Building Materials Other: CRANES Utility Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Machinery Large, Oilfield Equipment, 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 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 100–199 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.5× as often as the median active fleet of 100–199 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.90×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
3.5 vs 3.8 for similar fleets
Likely 1–7 crashes
This motor carrier
3.5
Similar fleets
3.8
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~9%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 5 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 2.5 a year), including 1 fatal (4 deaths) and 2 with injuries; similar fleets have about 3.8 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 13% below typical. The grade counts 9 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 2.38× the rate expected for its inspections, but out-of-service orders 0.60× and violations 0.74×. Together they move its crash estimate +3%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

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.

  • Fatal crash
    1 crash with 4 fatalities in 24 months (most recent Jul 30, 2026).
    Ask: the accident register and loss runs for these crashes.
  • Injury crashes
    2 crashes with 2 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 no valid CDL (Oct 2024 – Apr 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 12.0% vs 22.3% national; driver 2.7% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 5
  • 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
5
4 fatalities · 2 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
75
60% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
12.0%
3 of 25
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
2.7%
2 of 74
National avg 6.7%
Violations
59
6 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 100–199 trucks in Georgia (about 200 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 11 inspections, 2 out of service 11 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 11 inspections, 1 out of service 11 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 11 inspections, 0 out of service 11 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 9 inspections, 0 out of service 9 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 11 inspections, 0 out of service 11 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 9 inspections, 2 out of service 9 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 8 inspections, 0 out of service 8 Q3 '26
vs 1,756 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.013 0.025
Inspections 0.26 0.96
Violations 0.16 0.54
Critical violations 0.03 0.10

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 100–199 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

59 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    29 · 4 OOS
    Lights 9 · Brakes 3 · Cargo securement 3 · Tires 3 · Other parts 11
  • Hours of service No alert
    15 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 8 · No log 6 · False log 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    12 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 6 · Seat belt 5 · Other 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    3 · 2 OOS
    No valid CDL 3
  • 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
  • Jul
    30
    2026
    Georgia
    Fatal · 4 deaths
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Hazmat released.
  • Jul
    25
    2026
    Georgia
    Property damage only
    Wet road, daylight, rain.
  • Nov
    5
    2025
    Georgia
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Aug
    29
    2025
    Alabama
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Feb
    27
    2025
    Georgia
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$5,000,000 · National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.
on record since Feb 18, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000
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
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Apr 8, 2025)

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
  • Georgia (HQ) 30
  • Alabama 19
  • Florida 18
  • South Carolina 3
  • Mississippi 2
  • North Carolina 2
  • Federal inspectors 1

40% of inspections were in its home state.