Carrier profile · USDOT 566463 · MC-276107 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Hill Top Transportation Inc

27 power unitsavg 7.5 yrRegional · 4 statesLONDON, KY87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-276107 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

27Power units

17 observed · MCS-150

36Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.5Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(606) 877-2537 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average30.8% vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes9 crashes involving injuries are on record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 32 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1994.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo30.8%

▲ 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

Asset-based

27 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.5 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

32 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1994 — 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 reefer and brake maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 30.77% on 13 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
15 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Aug 31, 2026.

Safety

43 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 30.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 43 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 7.6 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

41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 4

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

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 27-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 27
Inspections · 24 mo: 43
Annualized: ≈22 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not 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 ’99 · 3 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Great West’97–now

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 3 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since May 1999

All 3 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	May 1997 → May 1999	$750K	4
ACCEPTANCE INSURANCE COMPANY	May 1995 → May 1997	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	May 1994 → May 1995	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 7, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 27
Observed power (24 mo): 17
Trailers (towed): 36

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

49.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 4 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

KY busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Kentucky: 22 inspections
Tennessee: 14 inspections
Georgia: 6 inspections
Indiana: 1 inspections

Home base

LONDON, KY

227 AIR PARK DRIVE

Most inspections: KY

22 inspections

KY 22 · TN 14 · GA 6

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 2026

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 4382306 USDOT 4250575 USDOT 154712 USDOT 4143876 USDOT 434067

Shares a company officer with other carriers

kenneth reid — 7 carriers: USDOT 1659324 USDOT 1730044 USDOT 2687053 USDOT 3035041 USDOT 3531785 USDOT 4038963

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 227 AIR PARK DRIVE, LONDON, KY, 40744
Mailing address: PO BOX 1773, LONDON, KY, 40743-1773
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (606) 877-2537
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: htwarehousing.com

Registration

Officer: Kenneth Reid
USDOT / docket: 566463 · MC-276107
First registered: Jun 17, 1994
Last MCS-150: Jun 15, 2026 · 2,001,027 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,001,027

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 7, 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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31%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

4 of 13 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

36violation records

5OOS-tagged records

4 of 13inspections 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

200%0 / 20

Hours of service

90%0 / 9

Other vehicle maintenance

560%3 / 5

Driver fitness

1100%1 / 1

Lights

1100%1 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

100%

15%

30%

100%Nov 24 to May 252 / 2

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 4

0%Nov 25 to May 260 / 4

67%May 26 to Nov 262 / 3

Top 3 codes (12 of 36 records)

392.16-D Failure to use seat belt5
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing3

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392.16 Failure to use seat belt2
393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
395.24 ELD — record edits / data2
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits2
383.51A-NSIN Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWG1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLFC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1T Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Unsafe driving

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Hours of service

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for HILL TOP TRANSPORTATION INC.

HILL TOP TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 566463) has a Vektor safety score of 87/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective May 19, 1999 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 30.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier received 43 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 13 vehicle-level and 43 driver-level — across 4 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 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 Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 27 power units and 24 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jun 15, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is HILL TOP TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

HILL TOP TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 566463, and its motor carrier number is MC-276107.

Is HILL TOP TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. HILL TOP TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is HILL TOP TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

HILL TOP TRANSPORTATION INC has a 30.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 74 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 87/100 (tier: clear).