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SPERRY RAIL INC

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Company CheckSPERRY RAIL INC · DOT 57950

Private carrier, runs its own trucks and hauls its own freight

DBA: SPERRY RAIL SERVICE

5 RESEARCH DRIVE, SHELTON, CT, 06484

DOT# 57950 Shelton, Connecticut

PRIVATE CARRIER

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Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

None on file

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

7 events tracked · latest Sep 12, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 6

Sep 1, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Aug 24, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Aug 23, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Aug 18, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Feb 25, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Apr 20, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

Current
No active insurance on file.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address5 RESEARCH DRIVE, SHELTON, CT, 06484

Mailing Address5 RESEARCH DRIVE, SHELTON, CT, 06484

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Cargo Transported

Rail Test Equipment

Operation Classification

Private (Property)Private Only

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 .05 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .16 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .02 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure .92 · 8 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage6,831,331 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)2

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS3.8% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review05/03/2007

Insurance

AmountNone on file

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/01/2026

Last checked09/12/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypePrivate Carrier

Fleet98 units

Drivers95

Mileage6,831,331 mi

MCS-15010/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away1

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total36

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total26

Out of Service1

OOS Rate3.8%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 05/03/2007 | Rated: 05/08/2007

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

4 · 0 OOS -

2024

20 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

14 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

19 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

0 crashes =

2025

1 crash ▲

2026

1 crash =

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 Sep 2026, 41 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (2.4% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 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
02/25/2026	OTTUMWA	IA	0	1	0	2	Clear	Dry	Dark - Unknown
04/20/2025	I035	KS	0	0	1	2	Clear	Wet	Dawn

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

23 roadside violations across 41 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 8 violations · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 7 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 6 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 0 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 (57)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
09/01/2026	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	PRESTONSBURG KY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/24/2026	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	ANGOLA IN	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/23/2026	MS	Walk-Around (Level II)	PIKE COUNTY MS	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/18/2026	MS	Full (Level I)	ALCORN COUNTY MS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/23/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	FROSTBURG MD	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/14/2026	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	CLEARWATER MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/10/2026	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	VAUGHN MT	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/09/2026	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US59 NB NACOGDOCHES SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/01/2026	AL	Full (Level I)	SYLACAUGA AL	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/20/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/19/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/07/2026	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	VERONA NY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/30/2026	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	DES MOINES	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/25/2026	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	SACO MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/23/2026	TN	Full (Level I)	STANTON TN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/04/2026	CO	Full (Level I)	TRINIDAD CO	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/04/2026	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	016 - MARION - I-57 N/B	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/16/2026	NM	Full (Level I)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/12/2026	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SR 79 SB LONE PINE WEIGH STATI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/17/2025	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	SEDGWICK COUNTY - 173	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/04/2025	WV	Driver-Only (Level III)	MORGANTOWN WV	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/18/2025	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	RATON PORT OF ENTRY	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/10/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	FREMONT SCALE	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/29/2025	FL	Driver-Only (Level III)	STARKE FL	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/16/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/28/2025	OK	Walk-Around (Level II)	C.R. EW 21	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/17/2025	IN	Full (Level I)	RICHMOND IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/16/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	28 - I80 WB MM 44 AVOCA	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/23/2025	NM	Full (Level I)	GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/07/2025	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	RATON PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/07/2025	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	COAL RUN VILLAGE	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
02/07/2025	IN	Full (Level I)	RICHMOND IN	3	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/23/2025	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SOCIAL CIRCLE GA	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/16/2024	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	RATON PORT OF ENTRY	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/12/2024	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	FRENCHTOWN MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/11/2024	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY	2	0	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/09/2024	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/06/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BALTIMORE CITY	2	1	1	1	1	-	▲Detail
11/27/2024	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	JOPLIN MO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/15/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/08/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/21/2024	FL	Full (Level I)	STARKE FL	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/13/2024	WV	Walk-Around (Level II)	CABIN CREEK WV	5	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/25/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	MT. AIRY WEIGH STATION S	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/04/2024	TX	Full (Level I)	IH20 WB IH20 WB	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/28/2024	NM	Full (Level I)	GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/23/2024	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	RATON PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/29/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	57	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/27/2024	FL	Driver-Only (Level III)	COCOA FL	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/26/2024	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	HINDMAN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/26/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	ALLEGANY COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/14/2024	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	OLYMPIA WA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/30/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I70 EB	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/12/2023	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	WAWAYANDA (EB)	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/01/2023	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-90	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/17/2023	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I57 SB MP 46	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/28/2023	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-95 @ I-495 (PARK AND RIDE)	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections39

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

HOS Compliance 5 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 8 viols

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

No authority history.

No revocation records.

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97/100

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 97

Starts at 100−3 totalFinal 97

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

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

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.

SPERRY RAIL INC

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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 (2)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (57)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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