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Company CheckRANDY W TAYLOR · DOT 882557

DBA: R W TAYLOR TRUCKING

485 TAYLOR ROAD, HAMILTON, AL, 35570

DOT# 882557 MC# 385322 Hamilton, Alabama 25 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

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

Safety & compliance 4

May 14, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Oct 19, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Sep 15, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Mar 26, 2025
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).

Insurance 1

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

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

Contact Details

Phone(205) 412-8888

Email[email protected]

Physical Address485 TAYLOR ROAD, HAMILTON, AL, 35570

Mailing Address485 TAYLOR ROAD, HAMILTON, AL, 35570

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC385322

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating25 years

Company Overview

RANDY W TAYLOR is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Hamilton, Alabama. The company has been in operation for 25 years, registered with the FMCSA on 05/25/2000. The fleet consists of 3 power units and 2 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 17,000 miles (2023). With zero crashes across 11 inspections, RANDY W TAYLOR maintains an excellent safety record. Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates exceed the national average, which may indicate compliance concerns. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, RANDY W TAYLOR has a Trust Score of 90/100 (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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 1.11 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 4.4 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage17,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

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)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS14.3% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS25.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/07/2026

CompanyPROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.

Policy #CA871465978

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers2

Mileage17,000 mi

Operating25 years

MCS-15005/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total7

Out of Service1

OOS Rate14.3%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total4

Out of Service1

OOS Rate25.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above 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

3 · 0 OOS -

2024

4 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

4 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

1 · 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 May 2026, 8 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (25% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

8 roadside violations across 8 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 6 violations · 1 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 1 OOS

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 (12)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/14/2026	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	PROSPECT TN	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/19/2025	AL	Driver-Only (Level III)	HAMILTON AL	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/15/2025	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	MOUNT STERLING	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/26/2025	KY	Full (Level I)	MOREHEAD	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
03/01/2025	AL	Driver-Only (Level III)	EXIT RAMP	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/17/2024	AL	Walk-Around (Level II)	RUSSELLVILLE	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/06/2024	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	MT. JULIET TN	1	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
10/23/2024	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MOUNT PLEASANT TN	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/08/2024	AL	Driver-Only (Level III)	EXIT RAMP	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/12/2023	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	GRAVEL LOT AT I-40	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/15/2023	MS	Walk-Around (Level II)	MONROE COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/10/2023	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	GILES COUNTY SCALES	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections7

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	CASUALTY RECIPROCAL EXCHANGE	NSM01129	$1,000,000	09/01/2001	02/19/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	RPB 310 530	$1,000,000	09/01/2000	09/01/2001	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	MTC063840	$0	08/21/2001	02/12/2002	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	MTC058785	$0	08/21/2000	08/21/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.	CA00570161	$750,000	03/22/2021	03/22/2024	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC385322	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/21/2000	REVOKED	05/01/2002
MC385322	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	04/13/2021	-	-

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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

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 7/7/2026.

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 14.2857% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 25% 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 14.2857% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 25% 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.

RANDY W TAYLOR

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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

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (12)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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