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DBA: ALC EXPRESS

7575 MOORE LANE, DAPHNE, AL, 36526

DOT# 897682 MC# 272418 Daphne, Alabama 25 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest Jul 9, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 3

Mar 25, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Oct 14, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jun 18, 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

Phone(251) 583-3003

Email[email protected]

Physical Address7575 MOORE LANE, DAPHNE, AL, 36526

Mailing Address7575 MOORE LANE, DAPHNE, AL, 36526

Other Companies at This Address

Address7575 MOORE LANE, DAPHNE, AL 36526

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Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
ALTON L COLE this company	897682	(251) 583-3003	Active
ALTON L COLE	552846	(251) 583-3003	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

DocketMC390081

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating25 years

Company Overview

ALTON L COLE is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Daphne, Alabama. The company has been in operation for 25 years, registered with the FMCSA on 08/07/2000. The fleet consists of 1 power unit and 1 driver. Annual mileage is reported at 82,713 miles (2024). With zero crashes across 4 inspections, ALTON L COLE maintains an excellent safety record. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, ALTON L COLE has a Trust Score of 100/100 (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 25.48 · 2 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 4 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage82,713 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 RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/07/2026

CompanyGEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #9300112274

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage82,713 mi

Operating25 years

MCS-15008/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total3

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

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

2025

2 · 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 Mar 2026, 3 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

3 roadside violations across 3 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 2 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 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 (3)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	HazMat
03/25/2026	US	Walk-Around (Level II)	PENSACOLA FL	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
10/14/2025	MS	Driver-Only (Level III)	GEORGE COUNTY	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/18/2025	FL	Driver-Only (Level III)	HIGH SPRINGS FL	1	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections3

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	490821	$750,000	11/17/2010	09/28/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0054643	$750,000	11/14/2017	11/14/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	ST183133	$750,000	11/14/2016	11/14/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	ST183133	$750,000	11/14/2014	01/15/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	359473	$750,000	09/30/2000	12/13/2000	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	497955	$750,000	09/28/2013	03/22/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	496818	$750,000	09/28/2012	04/10/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	489787	$750,000	09/28/2011	09/28/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	490821	$750,000	09/28/2010	11/17/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	CM0051339	$1,000,000	07/03/2010	09/21/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	490766	$750,000	07/03/2009	07/03/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	486561	$750,000	07/03/2008	07/03/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	479162	$750,000	07/03/2007	07/03/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	470203	$750,000	07/03/2006	07/03/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	465160	$1,000,000	07/03/2005	07/03/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	458567	$1,000,000	07/03/2004	07/03/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	450059	$1,000,000	07/03/2003	07/03/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	442183	$1,000,000	07/03/2002	07/03/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	435069	$1,000,000	07/03/2001	07/03/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.	CA 8354439	$750,000	05/16/2019	12/30/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	496818	$750,000	04/10/2013	09/28/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	497955	$750,000	03/22/2014	09/28/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	ST183133	$750,000	03/09/2015	11/14/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.	CA977588004	$750,000	02/23/2024	02/23/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-01834	$750,000	02/23/2023	02/23/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-00922	$750,000	02/22/2022	02/23/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.	CA 1822901	$750,000	02/19/2020	02/22/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	72TRN138456	$750,000	01/18/2001	01/18/2001	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	72TRN138456	$750,000	01/18/2001	04/11/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	ST183133	$750,000	01/15/2015	03/09/2015	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC390081	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/21/2017	REVOKED	11/20/2018
MC390081	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/19/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/15/2015
MC390081	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/11/2014	REVOKED	11/20/2017
MC390081	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	11/30/2001	REVOKED	09/27/2010
MC390081	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	11/17/2000	REVOKED	06/27/2001
MC390081	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/18/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/15/2016
MC390081	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	10/13/2010	REVOKED	10/06/2014
MC390081	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/04/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/01/2012
MC390081	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/03/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/30/2013
MC390081	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/08/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/06/2009
MC390081	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/07/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/22/2010
MC390081	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/07/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/09/2004
MC390081	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/06/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/03/2008
MC390081	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/06/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/05/2007
MC390081	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/06/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/30/2006
MC390081	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/06/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/06/2005
MC390081	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	05/23/2019	REVOKED	01/06/2020
MC390081	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/14/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/09/2013
MC390081	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	03/03/2020	-	-
MC390081	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/24/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/24/2014
MC390081	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/10/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/17/2015
MC390081	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/10/2001	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/08/2001

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

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

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.

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (3)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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