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JAMES FRANKLIN SIMPKINS

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Company CheckJAMES FRANKLIN SIMPKINS · DOT 1970204

DBA: SIMPKINS TRANSPORT

690 SCARBOROUGH HOLLOW ROAD, STEWART, TN, 37175

DOT# 1970204 MC# 698733 Stewart, Tennessee 16 years

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4

Power Units

4

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

6

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest Sep 10, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 1

Jul 4, 2026
Authority reinstated detected in FMCSA records.

Safety & compliance 2

Apr 16, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 7, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Company Information

Legal NameJAMES FRANKLIN SIMPKINS

DBA NameSIMPKINS TRANSPORT

DOT Number1970204

MC Number698733

Entity TypeCarrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationStewart, Tennessee

Added11/25/2009

MCS-15004/03/2024

Contact Details

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Physical Address690 SCARBOROUGH HOLLOW ROAD, STEWART, TN, 37175

Mailing AddressP O BOX 102, STEWART, TN, 37175

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC698733

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating16 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage179,000 miles

Mileage Year2019

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

4

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

4

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/08/2026

CompanyPROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP

Policy #CA7759392

Last checked09/10/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet4 units

Drivers4

Mileage179,000 mi

Operating16 years

MCS-15004/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total4

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total2

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

3 · 2 OOS -

2024

3 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

1 · 0 OOS =

2026

1 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Apr 2026, 2 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

1 roadside violations across 2 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Unsafe Driving 1 violation · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (8)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
04/16/2026	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	BELLS TN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/07/2025	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	COLUMBIA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/19/2024	AL	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/06/2024	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	KNOX COUNTY SCALES EB	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/22/2024	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	CARUTHERSVILLE MO	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/27/2023	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	DEXTER MO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/24/2023	KY	Full (Level I)	KUTTAWA	3	2	0	0	3	2	-	▲Detail
08/18/2023	TN	Full (Level I)	GILES COUNTY SCALE COMPLEX	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections2

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	CA 4436710	$1,000,000	12/23/2009	11/13/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	CA 4436710	$1,000,000	12/23/2009	12/29/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	CA 4436710	$0	12/23/2009	11/13/2010	Replaced
34	CARGO	PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	CA 4436710	$0	12/23/2009	12/29/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	IM-X05281	$0	11/13/2010	04/16/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CA-X05281	$750,000	11/13/2010	04/26/2018	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC698733	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/02/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/14/2010
MC698733	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	08/07/2018	-	-
MC698733	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	01/04/2010	REVOKED	05/02/2018

No revocation records.

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90/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 90

90

−10

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

MCS-150 update overdue−10

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

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