WATKINS TRUCKING COMPANY INC
USDOT 515711MC-Docket MC231446BIRMINGHAM, AL
Review before tendering96 power units
WATKINS TRUCKING COMPANY INC (USDOT 515711) in BIRMINGHAM, 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.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 6 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 50 times, most recent 2021-04-29 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2012-09-21 (C).
- 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.
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
- Active
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 1.74
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.31
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.06
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 3.31
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
0
Fatalities
3
Injuries
12
Crashes
186
Inspections
22
OOS inspections
30
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- Yes
Fleet
- Power units
- 96
- Total drivers
- 85
- Years in business
- 33
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 6 of 12 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 1.5%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 25.3%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
- 50 times last 2021-04-29
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-01-15
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2012-09-21 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
293
Inspections
34
OOS inspections
231
Violations
44
OOS violations
4
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-18 → 2026-06-12.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-12-29
GA
Tow-away
2025-12-09
AL
Tow-away
2025-11-06
IL
1 injuredTow-away
2025-10-30
AL
Tow-away
2025-10-14
SC
Tow-away
2025-08-21
GA
Tow-away
2025-07-16
MI
Tow-away
2025-05-15
AR
Tow-away
2025-05-13
GA
Tow-away
2025-04-25
AL
Tow-away
2024-11-15
MO
1 injuredTow-away
2024-09-09
GA
1 injuredTow-away
2024-05-20
AL
2 injuredTow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
92 | 34 | 2026-05-22 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
76 | 7 | 2026-04-27 |
Hours of service 395
|
56 | 1 | 2026-04-06 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
5 | 0 | 2025-02-04 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2025-08-02 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 1 | 2025-03-25 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-05-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. | OOS |
| 2026-04-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-04-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2026-04-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Vehicle components or dunnage not secured | OOS |
| 2026-04-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have in possession RODS for the previous seven consecutive days and available for inspection | OOS |
| 2026-04-06 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Unsafe Driving | Driver- Inattentive or Distracted Driving | — |
| 2026-03-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking in tread area and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped | OOS |
| 2026-03-26 | Unsafe Driving | Driver- Inattentive or Distracted Driving | — |
| 2026-03-25 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-03-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the current 8 consecutive day | — |
| 2026-03-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the curr | — |
| 2026-02-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-02-24 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2026-02-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Vehicle components or dunnage not secured | OOS |
| 2026-02-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2026-02-23 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - A portable ELD is not mounted in a fixed position and visible to the driver when seated in the normal drivin | — |
| 2026-02-06 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2026-02-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 11 hour driving limit in a 14-hour period. (Property carrying vehicle) - Nominal Violation | — |
| 2026-01-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | All required lamps on towed vehicle inoperative due to no electrical connection | OOS |
| 2026-01-18 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add shipping document number | — |
| 2025-11-01 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2025-10-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-10-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Vehicle components or dunnage not secured | OOS |
| 2025-10-30 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-10-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Vehicle components or dunnage not secured | OOS |
| 2025-10-06 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-09-25 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-09-16 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failure to maintain lane | — |
| 2025-09-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cab and Body Parts - Hood not securely fastened | — |
| 2025-09-04 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Following too closely | — |
| 2025-08-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-08-04 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-08-02 | Driver Fitness | Driving a CMV while CDL is suspended for a safety-related or unknown reason and in state of driver's license issuance | OOS |
| 2025-07-18 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
| 2025-07-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2025-07-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Driver - Failing to reexamine the CMV's cargo and its load securement devices during the course of transportation and ma | — |
| 2025-07-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-07-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
| 2025-06-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel/Rim - Two or more cracks anywhere. | OOS |
| 2025-06-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-05-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove | — |
| 2025-05-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-05-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-05-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-05-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Vehicle components or dunnage not secured | OOS |
| 2025-05-06 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-05-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others - Exposed ply or belt material in tread or sidewall area | — |
| 2025-04-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Projecting load - Any lamp on projecting load inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-05-22 7 viols· 4 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104B-C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 106C2-C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 110B2I-C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 106D-C | OOS | — |
2026-05-03 2 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | OOS | — |
2026-04-27 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A2-C | OOS | — |
2026-04-06 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16-D | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-INAT | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8K2-HOSP | OOS | — |
2026-04-03 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2026-03-27 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOLTIS | OOS | — |
2026-03-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-INAT | — | — |
2026-03-25 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
2026-02-24 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2026-02-24 2 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A2-C | OOS | — |
2026-02-23 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 22G-ELDMFV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
2026-02-12 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
2026-02-06 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3-HOSPRNP | — | — |
2026-01-18 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 23PT | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2III | — | — |
2025-12-29 3 violsPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 65C-FIS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 83G-ELDC | OOS | — |
2025-11-06 1 violPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2LC | — | — |
2025-11-01 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16-D | — | — |
2025-10-30 3 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A2-C | OOS | — |
2025-10-22 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A2-C | OOS | — |
2025-10-13 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTL | — | — |
2025-10-06 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2025-09-25 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2025-09-16 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLML | — | — |
2025-09-09 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203C-CBP | — | — |
2025-09-04 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLFC | — | — |
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