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Company CheckJOSEPH WICK NURSERIES LTD · DOT 280098

5151 FORREST AVE, DOVER, DE, 19904

DOT# 280098 MC# 610916 Dover, Delaware

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest Jun 4, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Jun 4, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Apr 29, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
Mar 26, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Dec 4, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

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

Contact Details

Phone(302) 730-9070

Fax(302) 730-9076

Email[email protected]

Physical Address5151 FORREST AVE, DOVER, DE, 19904

Mailing AddressP O BOX 617, DOVER, DE, 19903

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

CommonN/A

ContractN/A

BrokerN/A

Company Overview

JOSEPH WICK NURSERIES LTD is a FMCSA-validated motor carrier based in Dover, Delaware. The fleet consists of 7 power units and 8 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 60,000 miles (2024). With zero crashes across 23 inspections, JOSEPH WICK NURSERIES LTD maintains an excellent safety record. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, JOSEPH WICK NURSERIES LTD has a Trust Score of 92/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Private (Property)Private Only

Mileage

Annual Mileage60,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS8.3% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

Last Review07/12/2023

Insurance

AmountNot reported

Type-

Effective-

Company-

Policy #-

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet7 units

Drivers8

Mileage60,000 mi

MCS-15006/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total12

Out of Service1

OOS Rate8.3%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total11

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 07/12/2023 | Rated: 10/15/1987

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

5 · 3 OOS —

2024

6 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

8 · 1 OOS ▲

2026

3 · 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 Jun 2026 — 13 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (7.7% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

10 roadside violations across 13 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

Vehicle Maintenance 5 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 3 violations · 1 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 1 OOS

Other (General) 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 (22)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/04/2026 ▼	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	PORT DEPOSIT MD	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLTCD — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
04/29/2026 ▼	NJ	Full (Level I)	NJ	3	0	0	0	3	0	-
Violations (3) 396.17C-PI — CFR 396.17C-PI Non-OOS 392.2-SLLEQP — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 393.201B-FR — CFR 393.201B-FR Non-OOS
03/26/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	PERRYVILLE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
12/04/2025	DE	Walk-Around (Level II)	TOWNSEND DE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
10/31/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	WARWICK MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
09/22/2025 ▼	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	EARLEVILLE MD	2	2	0	2	0	0	-
Violations (2) 392.4A-DOSP — CFR 392.4A-DOSP OOS 391.41APC — CFR 391.41APC OOS
09/11/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHESTER MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
08/18/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	WARWICK MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
07/10/2025 ▼	VA	Special (Level IV)	SUFFOLK VA	3	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (3) 390.21TB1-MC — CFR 390.21TB1-MC Non-OOS 393.9A-LTSIR — CFR 393.9A-LTSIR Non-OOS 393.9A-LSLI — CFR 393.9A-LSLI Non-OOS
04/10/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	SALISBURY MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/09/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	PERRYVILLE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
08/01/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-95 NORTHBOUND SCALE FACILITY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
07/22/2024 ▼	MD	Full (Level I)	CECILTON SCALE HOUSE	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 393.95(f) — CFR 393.95(f) Non-OOS
06/14/2024	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ACCOMAC VA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
05/21/2024 ▼	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	RT 13 N/B SALISBURY SCALEHOUSE	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
03/22/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	RT 13 S/B SALISBURY SCALEHOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
02/29/2024 ▼	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	QUEEN ANNES COUNTY	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.16(a) — CFR 392.16(a) Non-OOS
11/06/2023 ▼	DE	Walk-Around (Level II)	TOWNSEND DE	3	1	0	0	0	1	-
Violations (3) 393.75G-TAOW — CFR 393.75G-TAOW OOS 392.2WG — CFR 392.2WG Non-OOS 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
10/18/2023	MD	Full (Level I)	CECILTON SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
10/03/2023 ▼	MD	Full (Level I)	RT 50 E/B BAY BRIDGE TOLL FAC	4	1	0	0	4	1	-
Violations (4) 393.78 — CFR 393.78 Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.41 — CFR 393.41 OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS
09/27/2023	MD	Full (Level I)	CARROLL COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
09/12/2023 ▼	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	QUEEN ANNES COUNTY	2	1	1	0	1	1	-
Violations (2) 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) OOS 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

No authority history.

No revocation records.

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92/100

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 92

Starts at 100−8 totalFinal 92

Driver out-of-service rate above national average−5

Operating history unknown−3

Verification — 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Operating authority N/A

Not required for private carriers — a private carrier hauls its own goods and needs no for-hire operating authority (no MC number) under FMCSA.

Insurance on file with FMCSA N/A

Not required for private carriers — a non-hazmat private carrier hauling its own goods is generally not required to file proof of insurance with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 8.3333% vs national avg 5.51%.

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

Where this company lands — risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 8.3333% vs national avg 5.51%.

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) knockout	−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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Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (22)

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