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GERALD SEARS

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Company CheckGERALD SEARS · DOT 2074558

DBA: SEARS TOWING

67 DUNGAN KNOB ROAD, SCIENCE HILL, KY, 42553

DOT# 2074558 MC# 825404 Science Hill, Kentucky 13 years

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5

Power Units

2

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

0

Inspections

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Public record

1 events tracked · latest Jul 16, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 1

Jul 16, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

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

Company Information

Legal NameGERALD SEARS

DBA NameSEARS TOWING

DOT Number2074558

MC Number825404

Entity TypeCarrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationScience Hill, Kentucky

Added09/10/2010

MCS-15010/17/2025

Contact Details

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Physical Address67 DUNGAN KNOB ROAD, SCIENCE HILL, KY, 42553

Mailing Address67 DUNGAN KNOB ROAD, SCIENCE HILL, KY, 42553

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC825404

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating13 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Property)

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 Mileage1,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

2

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

2

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective03/09/2026

CompanyACCELERANT NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #N0170CA001409

Last checked09/09/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet5 units

Drivers2

Mileage1,000 mi

Operating13 years

MCS-15010/2025

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

1 · 0 OOS -

2025

0 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2025

1 crash ▲

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

Crash Records (1)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
07/16/2025	CORBIN (LAUREL CO)	KY	0	1	1	2	Rain	Wet	Daylight

Inspection Records (1)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/16/2023	KY	Full (Level I)	EOLIA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 1865144	$1,000,000	12/09/2013	04/26/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA01865144	$750,000	09/28/2017	02/13/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 1865144	$750,000	04/26/2013	12/09/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 1865144	$1,000,000	04/26/2013	09/28/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP108927	$1,000,000	02/13/2020	02/13/2021	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC825404	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	05/15/2013	-	-
MC825404	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	05/15/2013	-	-
MC825404	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/19/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/08/2021
MC825404	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/19/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/08/2021

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100/100

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

100, no deductions

Clean record, the bar stays full at 100.

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

Clean record, no deductions. This carrier starts and stays at 100.

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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