Carrier profile · USDOT 570590 · MC-278385 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

RED HAWKS TRANSPORTATION INC

4 power unitsavg 22.8 yrLocal · 1 statesVILLA RICA, GA50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-278385 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

4Power units

2 observed · MCS-150

3Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

22.8Avg age (yr)

2000–2008 · vPIC

Call dispatch(404) 906-5444 Email dispatchREDHAWKTRANS@MAC.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Limited record

Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileMultiple injury crashes

Watch · 2

Multiple injury crashes6 crashes involving injuries are on record.Not enough inspection history to rate3 federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.

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 32 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1994.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 9 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

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

4 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

22.8 yr

Model years 2000–2008 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

32 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1994 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

3 inspections · 24 mo

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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 3 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 33.3 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

3 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 1

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

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 4-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 4
Inspections · 24 mo: 3
Annualized: ≈2 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
392.7 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
399.211 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
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 · 9 insurers · 4 lapsesCoverage lapse

Harco National’98–’01

National’06–’10

Northland’10–’13

Scottsdale’19–’23

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 16 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Nov 2025

All 16 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
STARSTONE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2024 → Nov 2025	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2023 → Nov 2024	$750K	2
SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	Mar 2019 → Mar 2023	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	Mar 2017 → Mar 2019	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2016 → Mar 2017	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2015 → Mar 2015	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2014 → Mar 2015	$750K	2
STRATFORD INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2013 → Jan 2014	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2010 → Jan 2013	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Sep 2006 → Jan 2010	$750K	4
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2003 → Jan 2004	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2001 → Jan 2003	$750K	6
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 1998 → Jan 2001	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	Oct 1997 → Jan 1998	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	Oct 1996 → Oct 1996	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 1994 → Oct 1996	$750K	2

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 4
Observed power (24 mo): 2
Trailers (towed): 3

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

22.8 yr

Average age

2008

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

40.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

GA busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

VILLA RICA, GA

302 SUSIE CREEK LANE

Top corridor

GA 3

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

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

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@mac.com — 1018 carriers: USDOT 43276 USDOT 139700 USDOT 156604 USDOT 178110 USDOT 205512 USDOT 348330 USDOT 349901 USDOT 357853

Shares a company officer with other carriers

mark smothers — 3 carriers: USDOT 2186819 USDOT 3097492

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

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

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 302 SUSIE CREEK LANE, VILLA RICA, GA, 30180
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (404) 906-5444
Email: redhawktrans@mac.com
Web domain: mac.com

Registration

Officers: Mark Smothers · Diana T. Smothers
USDOT / docket: 570590 · MC-278385
First registered: Jul 29, 1994
Last MCS-150: Dec 11, 2025 · 309,572 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

309,572

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

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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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for RED HAWKS TRANSPORTATION INC.

RED HAWKS TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 570590) is unrated by Vektor because the carrier's FMCSA record does not contain enough evidence for a safety score as of Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Nov 27, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 0.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 3 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 1 vehicle-level and 3 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 4 power units and 6 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Dec 11, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is RED HAWKS TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

RED HAWKS TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 570590, and its motor carrier number is MC-278385.

Is RED HAWKS TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, RED HAWKS TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is RED HAWKS TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

RED HAWKS TRANSPORTATION INC has a 0.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 9 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: 3 federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.