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MICHAEL J MATTHEWS TRUCKING INC

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Company CheckMICHAEL J MATTHEWS TRUCKING INC · DOT 2912964

359 CRAIN RD, BROOKLAND, AR, 72417

DOT# 2912964 MC# 981678 Brookland, Arkansas 10 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

8 events tracked · latest Jul 4, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 1

Jul 4, 2026
Authority reinstated detected in FMCSA records.

Safety & compliance 5

Jun 26, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
May 6, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Apr 10, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 10, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Oct 9, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

Insurance 2

Oct 30, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (PROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERN INS. CO.).
Oct 8, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (PROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERN INS. CO.).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address359 CRAIN RD, BROOKLAND, AR, 72417

Mailing Address359 CRAIN RD, BROOKLAND, AR, 72417

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC981678

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating10 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HireExempt 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 .8 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

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 1.71 · 8 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage350,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

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 OOS13.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review12/11/2024

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective10/08/2025

CompanyPROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERN INS. CO.

Policy #CA861909214

Last checked09/08/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet16 units

Drivers8

Mileage350,000 mi

Operating10 years

MCS-15011/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total35

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total15

Out of Service2

OOS Rate13.3%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 12/11/2024

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

2 · 0 OOS -

2024

27 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

14 · 1 OOS =

2026

9 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

0 crashes ▼

2025

0 crashes =

2026

0 crashes =

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, 30 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (6.7% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

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
09/28/2023	RURAL(MISSISSIPPI COUNTY)	AR	1	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

30 roadside violations across 30 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 18 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 12 violations · 3 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 (52)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/26/2026	AR	Walk-Around (Level II)	WEST MEMPHIS AR	2	0	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/06/2026	AR	Walk-Around (Level II)	OSCEOLA AR	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/10/2026	AR	Full (Level I)	JONESBORO AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/10/2026	AR	Full (Level I)	JONESBORO AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/10/2026	AR	Full (Level I)	JONESBORO AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/02/2026	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	MEMPHIS TN	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
02/11/2026	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	WEST MEMPHIS AR	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/10/2026	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	ALAMO TN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/08/2026	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	POCAHONTAS AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	CRAWFORDSVILLE AR	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/09/2025	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	BRAGG CITY MO	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/11/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	PARAGOULD AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/06/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	BONO AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/07/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	WEST MEMPHIS AR	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/03/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	WEST MEMPHIS AR	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/14/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	BROOKLAND AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/27/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	TRUMANN AR	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/14/2025	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	CARUTHERSVILLE MO	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/11/2025	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	CARUTHERSVILLE MO	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/27/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	BONO AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/27/2025	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	FRIENDSHIP TN	2	2	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
01/21/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	MARION AR	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/20/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	MARION AR	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/05/2024	AR	Full (Level I)	WEST MEMPHIS AR	5	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
11/19/2024	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	STEELE MO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/06/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	WEST MEMPHIS AR	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/04/2024	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	KENNETT MO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/10/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	WEST MEMPHIS AR	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/18/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	MARION AR	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/11/2024	AR	Full (Level I)	WEST MEMPHIS AR	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/20/2024	AR	Walk-Around (Level II)	MARION AR	4	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/09/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	MARION AR	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/08/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	JONESBORO AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/09/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	TYRONZA AR	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/29/2024	AR	Walk-Around (Level II)	WEST MEMPHIS AR	6	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/26/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	WEST MEMPHIS AR	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/13/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	TRUMANN AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/07/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	WILSON AR	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/07/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	WILSON AR	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/24/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	BLYTHEVILLE AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/23/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	WALNUT RIDGE AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/18/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	BONO AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/06/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	BONO AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/05/2024	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	JACKSON TN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/05/2024	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MADISON	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/21/2024	AR	Walk-Around (Level II)	CRITTENDEN CO (MARION STN)	2	0	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/20/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	CRAIGHEAD COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/16/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	CRITTENDEN CO (BRIDGEPORT STN)	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/09/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	CRAIGHEAD COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/02/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	CRITTENDEN CO (BRIDGEPORT STN)	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/28/2023	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	CRITTENDEN CO (BRIDGEPORT STN)	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
10/20/2023	AR	Walk-Around (Level II)	POINSETT COUNTY	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections33

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 8 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY	AQ1YAR000023-00	$1,000,000	09/16/2021	08/21/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY	AQ1YAR000023-00	$1,000,000	08/30/2021	09/16/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY	AQ1YAR000023-00	$1,000,000	08/30/2021	10/19/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERN INS. CO.	CA861909214	$750,000	08/21/2025	10/08/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERN INS. CO.	CA861909214	$750,000	08/21/2025	10/30/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY	6517486	$750,000	08/21/2023	08/21/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	014-57-1046	$1,000,000	08/21/2022	08/21/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY	AQ1YAR000023-00	$1,000,000	08/21/2021	08/30/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY	AQ1YAR000023-00	$1,000,000	08/21/2021	10/05/2021	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	50-429322-00	$750,000	07/28/2016	07/24/2019	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC981678	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/03/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/09/2025
MC981678	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	09/10/2021	-	-
MC981678	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/17/2016	REVOKED	07/30/2019
MC981678	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/25/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/15/2022

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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.

MICHAEL J MATTHEWS TRUCKING INC

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Safety Summary

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Quick Facts

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (52)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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