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CAROLINA TRANSIT OF THE LOWCOUNTRY

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Company CheckCAROLINA TRANSIT OF THE LOWCOUNTRY · DOT 396345

DBA: CAROLINA TRANSIT

262 SPANISH WELLS RD, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC, 29925

DOT# 396345 MC# 233214 Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 34 years

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Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$5,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

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

Safety & compliance 4

Jul 1, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jul 1, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jul 1, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Feb 19, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address262 SPANISH WELLS RD, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC, 29925

Mailing AddressPO BOX 21423, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC, 29925

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC233214

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating34 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire Passenger Carrier

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 1 · 1 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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage123,229 miles

Mileage Year2025

VMT SourceActual

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review07/08/2025

Insurance

Amount$5,000,000

Type91X

Effective07/25/2022

CompanyNATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CAS 2609026-02

Last checked07/24/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet4 units

Drivers9

Mileage123,229 mi

Operating34 years

MCS-15005/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total3

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 07/08/2025 | Rated: 07/09/2025

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

2025

4 · 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 Jul 2025, 4 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 4 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 (4)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	HazMat
07/01/2025	SC	Terminal (Level V)	HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC	0	-	▲Detail
07/01/2025	SC	Terminal (Level V)	HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC	0	-	▲Detail
07/01/2025	SC	Terminal (Level V)	HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC	0	-	▲Detail
02/19/2025	SC	Driver-Only (Level III)	LEXINGTON SC	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections4

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	RPT 000 1315	$5,000,000	11/10/2000	07/25/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	RPT 000 1315 02	$5,000,000	10/30/2002	07/25/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	LPA101796	$5,000,000	09/30/2003	07/25/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CAS 1609026-02	$5,000,000	08/22/2012	07/25/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CAR 1609026 00	$5,000,000	07/25/2018	07/25/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CAS 1609026-04	$5,000,000	07/25/2014	07/25/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CAS 1609026-01	$350,000	07/25/2011	08/22/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Excess	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	DDX 1609026-00	$4,650,000	07/25/2011	08/22/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CAS 1609026-00	$5,000,000	07/25/2010	07/25/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	SFB 0011151	$5,000,000	07/25/2009	07/25/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	SFB 0011151	$5,000,000	07/25/2009	08/24/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CAE 0609026-00	$5,000,000	07/25/2005	07/25/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	LPA101796-01	$5,000,000	07/25/2004	07/25/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	LPA101796-01	$5,000,000	07/25/2004	09/07/2004	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	LPA101796	$5,000,000	07/25/2003	09/30/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	RPT 000 1315 02	$5,000,000	07/25/2002	10/30/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	RPT 000 1315 01	$5,000,000	07/25/2001	07/25/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	RPT 000 1315	$5,000,000	07/25/2000	11/10/2000	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	BA08711914	$5,000,000	07/10/1999	07/10/2000	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY	8G3MZA80181781	$1,000,000	07/10/1998	07/10/1999	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Excess	AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY	XEK00083513028	$4,000,000	07/10/1998	07/10/1999	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY	8 G3 MZA 8015 0449	$1,000,000	05/05/1995	07/10/1998	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Excess	AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY	XCS 215 1252	$4,000,000	05/05/1995	07/10/1998	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA 12 67 45	$5,000,000	05/05/1994	06/07/1995	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC233214	MOTOR PASSENGER CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	12/11/1991	REVOKED	09/07/2004
MC233214	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/11/1991	REVOKED	09/07/2004
MC233214	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/15/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/22/2005
MC233214	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/15/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/22/2005
MC233214	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	09/29/2004	-	-
MC233214	MOTOR PASSENGER CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	09/29/2004	-	-
MC233214	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/05/1998	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/27/1998
MC233214	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/05/1998	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/27/1998
MC233214	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/28/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/28/2005
MC233214	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/28/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/28/2005
MC233214	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/28/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/30/2004
MC233214	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/28/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/30/2004
MC233214	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/06/1991	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/29/1991

No revocation records.

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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

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

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.

CAROLINA TRANSIT OF THE LOWCOUNTRY

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (4)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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