BLYTHE CONSTRUCTION INC

DOT# 97281 Charlotte, NC Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire / Private Property
(704) 375-8474 mark.dennis@vinci-construction.com 2911 N Graham Street, Charlotte NC 28206-3535
137 power units 127 drivers
HazMat
Strong
FRED Score 79.2 / 100
Moderate confidence
52 yrs history · 79 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
137
Drivers · CDL
127 · 127
Annual miles
1.7M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 106 3 0 109
Tractors 12 1 0 13
Trailers 34 0 0 34

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (06-21-1999) · 27 yr old
Registered
06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-10-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
FRANK JELONEK
Officer
MARK DENNIS

Cargo

65.0
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Machinery/Large Objects Liquids/Gases Building Materials Other: ASPHALT AND OTHER AGGREGATE MATERIALS Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Machinery Large

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 an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire 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 0.6× as often as the median active fleet of 100–199 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.71×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
2.2 vs 3.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–5 crashes
This motor carrier
2.2
Similar fleets
3.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~6%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 5 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 2.5 a year), including 3 with injuries; similar fleets have about 3.2 a year. The grade counts 8 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 0.23×, out-of-service orders 0.28× and violations 0.50× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -28%.

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
    3 crashes with 3 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Lights and tires
    Lights are 9 of 13 violations (69%). Light or tire defects led to 2 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 6.1% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.0% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 91% of inspections found no violations.
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, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
5
0 fatalities · 3 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
79
91% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
6.1%
2 of 33
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 79
National avg 6.7%
Violations
13
2 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 12 inspections, 1 out of service 12 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 8 inspections, 0 out of service 8 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 13 inspections, 0 out of service 13 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 10 inspections, 0 out of service 10 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 7 inspections, 0 out of service 7 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 9 inspections, 0 out of service 9 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 13 inspections, 1 out of service 13 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 1,871 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.018 0.024
Inspections 0.39 0.91
Violations 0.05 0.51
Critical violations 0.00 0.10

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

What they get cited for

13 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    11 · 2 OOS
    Lights 9 · Tires 1 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness 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
    2025
    North Carolina
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dusk, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jul
    25
    2025
    North Carolina
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jul
    23
    2025
    South Carolina
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Jan
    27
    2025
    South Carolina
    Property damage only
    Wet road, dark - not lighted, rain, two-way trafficway not divided.
  • Jan
    9
    2025
    North Carolina
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

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) 63
  • South Carolina 16

80% of inspections were in its home state.