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Company CheckROBERT W SEAL INC · DOT 510456

1551 WEST OLD LIBERTY RD, SYKESVILLE, MD, 21784

DOT# 510456 MC# 349468 Sykesville, Maryland 27 years

CARRIER Physical address changed · Aug 19, 2026

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Sep 10, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 1

Aug 19, 2026
Mailing address changed in FMCSA records.

Safety & compliance 4

Jul 21, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jun 25, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Oct 23, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Jul 3, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

Insurance 1

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

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1551 WEST OLD LIBERTY RD, SYKESVILLE, MD, 21784

Mailing Address4997 WINCHESTER BLVD, FREDERICK, MD, 21703

Other Companies at This Address

Address1551 WEST OLD LIBERTY RD, SYKESVILLE, MD 21784

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
ROBERT W SEAL INC this company	510456	Sign in	Active
LONE STAR TRUCKING INC	757236	Sign in	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC349468

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating27 years

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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .53 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .66 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 6.27 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage153,241 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS10.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS83.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review10/29/2009

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/24/2026

CompanyPEERLESS INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #BA3916672

Last checked09/10/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet4 units

Drivers3

Mileage153,241 mi

Operating27 years

MCS-15007/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total10

Out of Service1

OOS Rate10.0%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total6

Out of Service5

OOS Rate83.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 10/29/2009 | Rated: 11/02/2009

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

0 · 0 OOS -

2024

5 · 4 OOS ▲

2025

5 · 1 OOS ▼

2026

2 · 1 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 Jul 2026, 10 inspections, 5 resulted in out-of-service (50% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 6 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
10/26/2023	LIBERTY RD	MD	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

30 roadside violations across 10 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 15 violations · 6 OOS

Unsafe Driving 11 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 3 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 1 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 (12)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/21/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BALTIMORE MD	3	1	2	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
06/25/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	CUMBERLAND MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/23/2025	CT	Driver-Only (Level III)	DANBURY SCALE	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/03/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	SYKESVILLE MD	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/06/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/07/2025	DC	Driver-Only (Level III)	WASHINGTON DC	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/27/2025	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-81 SOUTHBOUND WEIGH STATION	11	1	1	0	10	1	-	▲Detail
12/13/2024	CT	Walk-Around (Level II)	GREENWICH SCALE	8	2	2	1	6	1	-	▲Detail
11/18/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BALTIMORE COUNTY	2	2	0	0	2	2	-	▲Detail
10/22/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	HARFORD COUNTY	3	1	2	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
06/28/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BALTIMORE CITY	9	7	1	0	8	7	-	▲Detail
06/03/2024	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON I81 S MILE MARKER 161.5	4	0	1	0	3	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections10

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 5 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMERICAN GUARANTEE & LIABILITY INS. CO.	TRK 808 8964 04	$750,000	07/09/1998	07/08/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	Y-840-3281A691-TIL-09	$750,000	07/08/2009	07/08/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	Y-840-3281A691-TIL-09	$750,000	07/08/2009	08/15/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	QT-660-5047L19A-TIL	$0	07/08/2007	07/08/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	Y-840-3281A691-TIL-04	$750,000	07/08/2004	07/08/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	TRK 808 8964	$1,000,000	07/08/2001	07/08/2004	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC349468	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	12/09/1998	-	-
MC349468	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/02/2001	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/21/2001
MC349468	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/19/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/23/2010

No revocation records.

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90/100

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 90

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

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

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

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

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 10% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 83.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 10% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 83.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

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.

ROBERT W SEAL INC

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Mileage

Drivers

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 (12)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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