Fleet typeIdentity
Owner-operator
1 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
Carrier profile · USDOT 1065935 · MC-478933
ROY CARTER
DBA CARTER AUTO TRANSPORT
1 power unitsCARNESVILLE, GA
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-478933 ACTIVE
Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily
1Power units
Self-reported · MCS-150
—Trailers seen
None observed · 24 mo
—Avg age (yr)
Awaiting decode
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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · 2026-06-13
Limited record
Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.
Established 24 yearsUSDOT registration inactive
Watch · 4
USDOT registration inactiveThe USDOT record is flagged inactive — the carrier may not be authorized to operate.No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.No inspection history despite active fleetAn established carrier reporting 1 power units has no roadside inspections — a common shell/paper-carrier signal.MCS-150 census data outdatedThe biennial MCS-150 update is 17.2 years old; fleet/mileage figures may be unreliable.
In good standing · 1
Operating authority2323 yr active
since 2002Insurance (BIPD)Unknown
FMCSA L&IVehicle OOS · 24mo—%
▼ 22.26% nat'lCrashes · fatal00
clean 24 moVektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots
Fleet age vs peersDecoding
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Awaiting VIN decode
Identity stabilityStable
23 yr unchanged
Same registration since 2002 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.
AI readFull read
Is ROY CARTER safe to work with?
Is ROY CARTER safe to load? ROY CARTER (USDOT 1065935, MC-478933) is an inactive owner-operator motor carrier based in CARNESVILLE, GA, operating 1 power unit and 1 driver. Operating authority has been active 23 years (past the 24-month broker-confidence threshold). FMCSA has not assigned a safety rating. Vektor rates it unrated (50/100), with the leading concern: usdot registration inactive. Source: FMCSA SAFER/MCMIS, last updated 2026-06-13.
FMCSA fields + Vektor analysis · updated 2026-06-13
RCROY CARTER 50
01
Safety
Roadside inspections, BASICs & crash history
Out-of-service rate· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
No roadside inspections on record.
02
Authority & insurance
Can they legally + adequately haul your load?
Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type
Operating authority
- Common
- Inactive
- Contract
- None
- Broker
- None
Insurance & bonds
BIPD / liability (required)Not on file
CargoNone
Surety bond (BMC-84)None
Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses
$750k BIPD · 2 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous
+1 earlier
Stratford · 04–08
20042008
No BIPD policy is currently in force in the filing history. The authority record may still list one on file — request a COI to confirm current coverage.
2 insurer eras · collapsed from 8 filings
| Insurer | Period | Limit | Renewals |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRATFORD INSURANCE COMPANY | Jun 2004 → Jun 2008 | $750k | 7 |
| NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY | Jan 2004 → Jun 2004 | $750k | 1 |
03
Equipment & fleet
VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC
Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed
- Registered power units (MCS-150)
- 1
- Observed power (24 mo)
- —
- Trailers (towed)
- —
Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.
04
Operations & lanes
Revealed by inspection density · 24 mo
Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo
Home base
CARNESVILLE, GA
Density
fewermore
05
Network & fraud
Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict
Shares a registration email domain with other carriers
@windstream.net — 5065 carriers: USDOT 3865USDOT 6236USDOT 7480USDOT 28870USDOT 33852USDOT 34326USDOT 38801USDOT 47874
Shares a company officer with other carriers
roy carter — 4 carriers: USDOT 1073661USDOT 1333310USDOT 2826561
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Identity & contact
FMCSA census + L&I dossier
Location
- Physical address
- 645 ROBERTS LANE, CARNESVILLE, GA, 30521
- Operation
- Interstate
Contact
- Phone
- (706) 384-3913
- Fax
- (706) 384-3913
- Web domain
- windstream.net
Registration
- Officer
- Roy Carter
- USDOT / docket
- 1065935 · MC-478933
- First registered
- 10/28/2002
- Last MCS-150
- 05/04/2009 · 0 mi
- FMCSA safety rating
- Not rated
- D-U-N-S
- —
Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)
—Annual mileage
07
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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Reviews
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Frequently asked
What is ROY CARTER's USDOT number?
ROY CARTER's USDOT number is 1065935, and its motor carrier number is MC-478933.
Is ROY CARTER authorized to operate?
As of 2026-06-13, ROY CARTER is inactive in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.
How big is ROY CARTER's fleet?
ROY CARTER operates 1 power unit and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.
Where is ROY CARTER based?
ROY CARTER is based in CARNESVILLE, GA.