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Company CheckVL CARTER HAULING & TOWING · DOT 494831

DBA: 301 AUTO SALE SERVICE

32330 RICHMOND TURNPIKE, HANOVER, VA, 23069

DOT# 494831 MC# 255822 Hanover, Virginia 33 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Jul 7, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Jun 2, 2026
Roadside inspection, 6 violations (no OOS).
Apr 16, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Mar 9, 2026
Roadside inspection, 4 out-of-service violations.
Mar 4, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Feb 19, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

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

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

Contact Details

Phone(804) 513-0266

Fax(804) 447-0811

Email[email protected]

Physical Address32330 RICHMOND TURNPIKE, HANOVER, VA, 23069

Mailing Address32330 RICHMOND TURNPIKE, HANOVER, VA, 23069

Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

Brokers must keep a $75,000 surety bond or trust fund on file with FMCSA. If it lapses, FMCSA revokes the broker’s authority, so an active bond is the key thing a carrier should verify before hauling for a broker.

Bond StatusActive

On File (FMCSA)None on file

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/03/2026

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

TypeOn file with FMCSA

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Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationC - Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

DocketMC255822

CommonNot Active

ContractInactive

BrokerNot Active

Operating33 years

Company Overview

VL CARTER HAULING & TOWING is a FMCSA-validated carrier & broker based in Hanover, Virginia. The company has been in operation for 33 years, registered with the FMCSA on 08/18/1992. The fleet consists of 16 power units and 13 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 600,000 miles (2024). 1 crash has been reported with no fatalities. A total of 20 inspections are on file. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through ERIE INSURANCE EXCHANGE. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, VL CARTER HAULING & TOWING has a Trust Score of 94/100 (Excellent).

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 .23 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 2.04 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 1.08 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 13.5 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage600,000 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 RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS21.4% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS16.7% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/03/2026

CompanyERIE INSURANCE EXCHANGE

Policy #Q06 2930181

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier & Broker

Fleet16 units

Drivers13

Mileage600,000 mi

Operating33 years

MCS-15003/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total14

Out of Service3

OOS Rate21.4%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total6

Out of Service1

OOS Rate16.7%

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

6 · 0 OOS -

2024

4 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

6 · 1 OOS =

2026

5 · 2 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

1 crash =

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, 14 inspections, 4 resulted in out-of-service (28.6% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 5 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 4 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (2)

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
02/19/2025	COLD HARBOR RD	VA	0	0	1	2	Fog/Smog	Ice	Daylight
04/15/2024	RT6/RIVER RD W	VA	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

30 roadside violations across 14 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 22 violations · 4 OOS

Unsafe Driving 5 violations · 2 OOS

Driver Fitness 3 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 (21)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/02/2026	VA	Full (Level I)	GORDONSVILLE VA	6	0	0	0	6	0	-	▲Detail
04/16/2026	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	BEALETON VA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/09/2026	VA	Walk-Around (Level II)	MINERAL VA	11	4	0	0	11	4	-	▲Detail
03/04/2026	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	FREDERICKSBURG VA	2	2	2	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/15/2026	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	FREDERICKSBURG VA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/12/2025	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	BOWLING GREEN VA	2	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/14/2025	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	PETERSBURG VA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/09/2025	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	BEALETON VA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/24/2025	VA	Walk-Around (Level II)	FISHERSVILLE VA	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/25/2025	VA	Walk-Around (Level II)	DOSWELL VA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/18/2025	VA	Walk-Around (Level II)	PETERSBURG VA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/09/2024	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SANDSTON VA	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/09/2024	VA	Walk-Around (Level II)	DOSWELL VA	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/06/2024	VA	Walk-Around (Level II)	DOSWELL VA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/17/2024	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	DOSWELL VA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2023	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	DUMFRIES VA	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/04/2023	VA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SANDSTON SCALES WEST	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/16/2023	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	BULL RUN POST OFFICE RD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/03/2023	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	OLD TOLL PLAZA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/07/2023	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	EB RT 30 AT MEADOW EVENT PARK	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/12/2023	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	WB LADYSMITH RD AT GREEN RD	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections14

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Driver Fitness 2 viols

Controlled Substances 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 5 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	ERIE INSURANCE EXCHANGE	Q06 2930181	$1,000,000	06/29/2023	06/29/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ERIE INSURANCE EXCHANGE	Q06 2930181	$750,000	06/29/2022	06/29/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP	85AR 111131 0001	$750,000	01/10/1993	03/31/2022	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC255822	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	DISMISSED	10/14/1996	-	-
MC255822	PROPERTY BROKER	WITHDRAWN	03/30/1993	-	-
MC255822	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	02/10/1993	REVOKED	04/06/2022

No revocation records.

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94/100

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 94

Starts at 100−6 totalFinal 94

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

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−1

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

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 21.4286% vs national avg 5.51%.

-1

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 16 vehicles (~0.06 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−1 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 16 vehicles (~0.06 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 21.4286% 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)	−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.

VL CARTER HAULING & TOWING

Trust Score

Public record

Company Information

Contact Details

Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

Operating Authorities

Company Overview

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (2)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (21)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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