GARY COLLINS
GARY COLLINS (USDOT 2347509) in MONTGOMERY, AL — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file: $1,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- 1 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2023-03-16 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0 not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead. The Hazmat Compliance BASIC is also withheld for this hazmat carrier.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Not applicable
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 2
- Total drivers
- 1
- Years in business
- 14
- Hazmat authority
- Yes
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 22.2%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 37.5%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 1 (not recurring)
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-12-28
- Insurance lapse history
- 1 lapse(s) most recent 2023-03-16
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
Record spans 2023-06-15 → 2025-12-04.
Crash history (last 24 months)
No crashes recorded in the last 24 months.
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
5 | 2 | 2025-11-01 |
Hours of service 395
|
4 | 0 | 2025-11-01 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
3 | 0 | 2025-11-01 |
CDL standards 383
|
2 | 2 | 2025-12-04 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
2 | 1 | 2025-08-06 |
General safety regulations 390
|
1 | 0 | 2024-06-18 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-04 | Driver Fitness | Driving a CMV while CDL is suspended for safety-related or unknown reason and outside the state of driver's license issu | OOS |
| 2025-11-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Drivers record of duty status not current | — |
| 2025-11-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failing to retain previous 7 days records of duty status | — |
| 2025-11-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or improper load securement | OOS |
| 2025-11-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to make annotations when applicable | — |
| 2025-11-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add location description | — |
| 2025-10-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others - Exposed ply or belt material in tread or sidewall area | OOS |
| 2025-08-06 | Driver Fitness | Restriction - (CDL) - Operate a CMV in violation of a restriction | OOS |
| 2025-08-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-08-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2025-01-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-ply or belt material exposed | — |
| 2024-10-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Bearing cap plug or filler plug missing or broken | OOS |
| 2024-06-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 8 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2025-12-04 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 51A-SOUT | OOS | — |
2025-11-01 6 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 100(a) | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C1II | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C1I | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8F01 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8K2 | — | — |
2025-10-29 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
2025-10-17 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1-TEPBM | OOS | — |
2025-08-06 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 95A-LCDL | OOS | — |
2024-10-10 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | OOS | — |
2024-06-18 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21T(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(a) | — | — |
2023-12-12 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
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