Carrier profile · USDOT 4112502 · MC-1571076 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Ground Zero America LLC

10 power unitsavg 2.7 yrRegional · 3 statesSUMTER, SC88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1571076 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

10Power units

9 observed · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

2.7Avg age (yr)

2021–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(800) 859-2706 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

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Watch · 1

Driver out-of-service rate well above average30.8% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.

In good standing · 2

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

10 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

2.7 yr

Model years 2021–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

3 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2023 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 33.33% on 3 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
1 hours-of-service violation on record, most recent Jan 17, 2025.

Safety

13 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Oct 30, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 30.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

33.3% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 3

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 10-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 10
Inspections · 24 mo: 13
Annualized: ≈7 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 3 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.4 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Berkshire Hathaway’23–’24

Progressive Northern’24–’25

Geico Marine’25–’25

Corepointe’25–now

2023202420252026now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 4 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · COREPOINTE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jul 2025

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
COREPOINTE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2025 → Jul 2025	$750K	1
GEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2025 → Jun 2025	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2024 → Feb 2025	$750K	2
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	Aug 2023 → Aug 2024	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Oct 30, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 10
Observed power (24 mo): 9
Trailers (towed): 0

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

2.7 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2021

Oldest model yr

66.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Oct 30, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

GA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Georgia: 10 inspections
Florida: 2 inspections
Missouri: 1 inspections

Home base

SUMTER, SC

224 MANNING AVENUE

Most inspections: GA

10 inspections

GA 10 · FL 2 · MO 1

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Oct 30, 2026

Last 12 months: 3 trucks also ran under 3 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4575306 USDOT 1658409 USDOT 2638889Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (5 trucks · 9 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 806005 USDOT 1658409 USDOT 3528157 USDOT 4111268 USDOT 1719074 USDOT 2638889 USDOT 3790586 USDOT 4326477

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 1, 2026

Location

Physical address: 224 MANNING AVENUE, SUMTER, SC, 29150
Mailing address: 37 PALMER DRIVE, SUMTER, SC, 29150
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (800) 859-2706
Fax: (888) 989-5512
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: gzallc.com

Registration

Officer: Dirreck Williams
USDOT / docket: 4112502 · MC-1571076
First registered: Aug 3, 2023
Last MCS-150: Jun 25, 2025 · 811,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 9.09
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

811,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 1, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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33%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

1 of 3 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

35violation records

8OOS-tagged records

1 of 3inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Unsafe driving

248%2 / 24

Other vehicle maintenance

540%2 / 5

Driver fitness

475%3 / 4

Hours of service

1100%1 / 1

Lights

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

50%

15%

30%

n/aNov 24 to Apr 250 / 0

50%May 25 to Oct 251 / 2

0%Nov 25 to Apr 260 / 1

n/aMay 26 to Oct 260 / 0

Top 3 codes (12 of 35 records)

390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle4
390.21TE-LCMVINFO USDOT number marking on vehicle4
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt4

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390.21TB2-DOT USDOT number marking on vehicle3
391.41APC No / expired medical certificate3
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection2
390.21TE2IV-D USDOT number marking on vehicle1
391.41A-MCPC No / expired medical certificate1
392.16B-CPASS Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLLDL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLUCR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.4A-DOSP Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.4A-DOSU Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone1
393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.75A3-TFL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps1
395.8A1-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Driver fitness

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for GROUND ZERO AMERICA LLC.

GROUND ZERO AMERICA LLC (USDOT 4112502) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from COREPOINTE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jul 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 33.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 30, 2026.

The carrier received 13 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 3 vehicle-level and 13 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Oct 30, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 30, 2026.

It reports 10 power units and 10 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jun 25, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is GROUND ZERO AMERICA LLC's USDOT number?

GROUND ZERO AMERICA LLC's USDOT number is 4112502, and its motor carrier number is MC-1571076.

Is GROUND ZERO AMERICA LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026. GROUND ZERO AMERICA LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is GROUND ZERO AMERICA LLC's safety record?

GROUND ZERO AMERICA LLC has a 33.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 13 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).