Carrier profile · USDOT 515711 · MC-231446 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Watkins Trucking Company Inc

96 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 20 statesBIRMINGHAM, AL88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-231446 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

96Power units

86 observed · MCS-150

130Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.5Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(205) 592-3422 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record5 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 34 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1993.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 321 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo21.9%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

15 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

96 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.5 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

33 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1993 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

26 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

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

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59 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Sep 14, 2026.

Safety

194 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 21.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 82 vehicle and 194 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.3% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 8.2 pts across the window. 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

191 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 17

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 96-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 96
Inspections · 24 mo: 194
Annualized: ≈97 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving74 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 8 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 13 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving7 · 6 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 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: Active
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

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

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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 · 8 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Carolina’01–’09

Gramercy’09–’12

Cherokee’14–’17

Arch’20–now

2001200820152022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jul 2025

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2020 → Jul 2025	$750K	7
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Jun 2018 → Jun 2020	$750K	2
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2017 → Jun 2018	$750K	1
CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2014 → Jun 2017	$750K	1
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2013 → Jun 2013	$750K	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2012 → Jun 2013	$750K	1
GRAMERCY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2009 → Jun 2012	$750K	12
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2001 → Aug 2009	$750K	10

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 1, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 96
Observed power (24 mo): 86
Trailers (towed): 130

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

65.9%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 20 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 1, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

192

AL busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Alabama: 48 inspections
Georgia: 29 inspections
Mississippi: 20 inspections
Texas: 16 inspections
Tennessee: 15 inspections
Louisiana: 10 inspections
Kentucky: 8 inspections
South Carolina: 8 inspections
Missouri: 7 inspections
Arkansas: 7 inspections
North Carolina: 6 inspections
Florida: 5 inspections
Indiana: 4 inspections
Ohio: 3 inspections
Illinois: 2 inspections
Oklahoma: 1 inspections
Colorado: 1 inspections
New Mexico: 1 inspections
Arizona: 1 inspections

Home base

BIRMINGHAM, AL

4632 RICHARD ARRINGTON JR BL

Most inspections: AL

48 inspections

AL 48 · GA 29 · MS 20

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 1, 2026

Last 12 months: 2 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2986531 USDOT 275704Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (30 trucks · 28 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1201254 USDOT 3873426 USDOT 1696106 USDOT 3582766 USDOT 204961 USDOT 2562120 USDOT 2072202 USDOT 2986531

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@watkinstrucking.com — 4 carriers: USDOT 1172195 USDOT 1241896 USDOT 1679493

Shares a company officer with other carriers

randall p watkins — 2 carriers: USDOT 1172195

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: 4632 RICHARD ARRINGTON JR BL, BIRMINGHAM, AL, 35212
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (205) 592-3422
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: watkinstrucking.com

Registration

Officers: J Wayne Watkins · Randall P Watkins
USDOT / docket: 515711 · MC-231446
First registered: Mar 9, 1993
Last MCS-150: Jul 13, 2026 · 8,961,759 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Sep 24, 2012
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

8,961,759

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 2, 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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22%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

18 of 82 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

141violation records

31OOS-tagged records

18 of 82inspections 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

579%5 / 57

Other vehicle maintenance

3158%18 / 31

Hours of service

234%1 / 23

Lights

1729%5 / 17

Brakes

110%0 / 11

Driver fitness

2100%2 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

30%

15%

30%

17%Nov 24 to May 254 / 23

21%May 25 to Nov 255 / 24

25%Nov 25 to May 264 / 16

26%May 26 to Nov 265 / 19

Top 3 codes (26 of 141 records)

392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)13
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)8
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5

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392.9A2-C Failure to secure load / cargo not secured5
395.24 ELD — record edits / data5
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)4
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer4
392.2-INAT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2W State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
395.24C2III ELD — record edits / data3
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt2
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.23PT Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components2
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators2
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers2
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps2
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits2
396.3A1 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed2
383.51A-SIN Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
391.41B10-MC No / expired medical certificate1
392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLFC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2LC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.9B3-DFRCLS Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.104B-C Cargo securement — tiedowns1
393.106C2-C Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.106D-C Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.110B2I-C Cargo securement — number of tiedowns1
393.110B3-C Cargo securement — number of tiedowns1
393.11TL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.203C-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205A-WRTC Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45B2UV Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47A-BCLMBD Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.55E Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.65C-FIS Fuel system1
393.75A1-TEPBM Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75C Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.83G-ELDC Exhaust system1
393.9 Inoperative required lamps1
393.95A Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.95A4-EENA Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LBL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSIR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A1-LPLOWR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9H Inoperative required lamps1
395.22G ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3A2-PROP Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3A3-HOSPRNP Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3A3-PROP Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3A3II Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8K2-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.5B-HWSLIW Oil and/or grease leak1

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for WATKINS TRUCKING COMPANY INC.

WATKINS TRUCKING COMPANY INC (USDOT 515711) 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 and contract 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 $1,000,000 limit in force from ARCH 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 21.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier received 194 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 82 vehicle-level and 194 driver-level — across 20 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier has 15 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 5 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It reports 96 power units and 85 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 13, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Sep 24, 2012 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is WATKINS TRUCKING COMPANY INC's USDOT number?

WATKINS TRUCKING COMPANY INC's USDOT number is 515711, and its motor carrier number is MC-231446.

Is WATKINS TRUCKING COMPANY INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026. WATKINS TRUCKING COMPANY INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is WATKINS TRUCKING COMPANY INC's safety record?

WATKINS TRUCKING COMPANY INC has a 21.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 321 roadside inspections, with 15 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).