INGLES MARKETS INC

USDOT 157855MC-Docket MC739543BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC
Review before tendering136 power units

INGLES MARKETS INC (USDOT 157855) in BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC — 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: $3,000,000.
  • 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.
  • Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are at or below the national roadside average.
  • 12 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.
  • FMCSA compliance review on file dated 1988-02-24 (S).
  • 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

Safety rating
Satisfactory · rated 1988-05-09

BASIC safety measures

Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 1.32
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.02
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.03
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 1.25

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
7
Injuries
13
Crashes
281
Inspections
7
OOS inspections
7
OOS violations

Insurance

BIPD on file
$3,000,000
Cargo insurance
No
Bond on file
No

Fleet

Power units
136
Total drivers
221
Years in business
52
Hazmat authority
No

Crash risk

Preventable crashes (24 mo)
12 of 13 total crash(es)
Recordable crash rate
Not available
Driver OOS rate
0.7%
Vehicle OOS rate
7.2%

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
None on file
Physical address
No address flags
Federal OOS / safety action
None on file
MCS-150 self-report
2025-04-08
Insurance lapse history
No lapses on record
Last compliance review
1988-02-24 · S

Inspection history (all-time)

448
Inspections
13
OOS inspections
107
Violations
15
OOS violations
5
Post-accident

Record spans 2023-06-17 → 2026-06-10.

Crash history (last 24 months)

2026-01-30 GA 1 injuredTow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: YES· No Adverse Conditions, Daylight, Dry
2025-12-29 NC 2 injuredTow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: UNKNOWN· No Adverse Conditions, Daylight, Dry
2025-08-03 SC Tow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: NO· Rain, Daylight, Wet
2025-07-23 SC 1 injuredTow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: YES· No Adverse Conditions, Dark - Lighted, Dry
2025-06-25 NC Tow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: UNKNOWN· No Adverse Conditions, Daylight, Dry
2025-04-15 SC 1 injuredTow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: NO· No Adverse Conditions, Daylight, Dry
2025-03-03 SC 1 injuredTow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: YES· No Adverse Conditions, Daylight, Dry
2025-03-03 SC Tow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: YES· No Adverse Conditions, Daylight, Dry
2025-01-13 GA 1 injuredTow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: NO· No Adverse Conditions, Daylight, Dry
2025-01-10 GA Tow-away
Not preventable (FMCSA) · Driver cited: NO· Other, Daylight, Ice
2025-01-10 SC Tow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: YES· Snow, Daylight, Snow
2025-01-09 SC Tow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: NO· No Adverse Conditions, Dawn, Dry
2024-11-14 GA Tow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: NO· Other, Dark - Not Lighted, Dry
2024-06-14 GA Tow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: NO· No Adverse Conditions, Daylight, Dry
2024-05-29 NC 1 injuredTow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: UNKNOWN· No Adverse Conditions, Daylight, Dry

Violation pattern (all-time, by area)

Area (49 CFR part) Violations Out of service Most recent
Unsafe driving 392
48 0 2026-06-09
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
30 13 2026-06-10
Hours of service 395
21 0 2026-01-23
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
3 0 2025-02-03
CDL standards 383
2 2 2025-03-03
General safety regulations 390
2 0 2025-04-24
Driver qualifications 391
1 0 2024-04-04

Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)

Date Category Violation OOS
2026-04-15 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Failure to maintain lane
2026-03-31 Unsafe Driving Using a hand-held mobile telephone while operating a CMV
2026-03-16 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - All electrical systems on towed vehicle(s) inoperative due to no electrical connection (e.g. unplugged or loo OOS
2026-03-11 Vehicle Maintenance Flat tire or fabric exposed OOS
2026-02-03 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable head lamps
2026-01-24 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit
2026-01-23 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information.
2025-11-25 Vehicle Maintenance All required lamps on towed vehicle inoperative due to no electrical connection OOS
2025-11-18 Vehicle Maintenance Stop lamp violations
2025-10-08 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Operate a CMV while using a cellular phone
2025-10-07 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Failure to maintain lane
2025-10-02 Vehicle Maintenance Tire-flat and/or audible air leak OOS
2025-09-18 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit
2025-09-17 Unsafe Driving Driver- Inattentive or Distracted Driving
2025-09-17 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - General impeding traffic.
2025-09-17 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Improper lane change
2025-09-17 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Improper turns
2025-09-17 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation
2025-09-17 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - No user's manual for the driver describing how to operate the ELD. (May be electron
2025-09-17 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (ELD) Driver failing to have instruction sheet describing the data transfer mechanisms supported by the ELD and step
2025-09-17 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have an instruction sheet for the driver describing ELD malfunction repo
2025-09-17 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner
2025-08-26 Unsafe Driving Lane Restriction violation
2025-07-24 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l
2025-07-24 Vehicle Maintenance Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured
2025-06-02 Unsafe Driving Failure to Maintain Lane
2025-03-22 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation
2025-03-22 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information.
2025-03-18 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative
2025-03-03 Driver Fitness Operating a CMV without a CDL OOS
2025-02-06 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Failure to maintain lane
2025-02-03 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured
2025-02-03 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - Any leak from an air tank reservoir.
2025-01-09 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Failure to maintain lane
2025-01-07 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable Required Lamp
2024-11-26 Vehicle Maintenance Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt
2024-11-13 Driver Fitness Restriction - (CDL) - Operate a CMV in violation of a restriction OOS
2024-11-13 Vehicle Maintenance Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - no fire extinguisher present or not properly rated.
2024-11-08 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - Hose/tubing damage into the outer reinforcement ply. OOS
2024-08-28 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l
2024-08-28 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids suffi
2024-08-23 Unsafe Driving Failure to Maintain Lane
2024-07-29 Unsafe Driving Unlawfully parking and/or leaving vehicle in the roadway
2024-05-13 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Speeding work/construction zone

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.

2026-06-10 SC · Level 2 1 viol· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45B2-BHTD OOS
2026-06-09 NC · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLT
2026-06-08 NC · Level 2 1 viol· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75A3-TAOL OOS
2026-05-25 GA · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-INAT
2026-04-15 SC · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLML
2026-03-31 NC · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 82A1
2026-03-16 GA · Level 2 1 viol· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 23-LEU OOS
2026-03-11 NC · Level 2 1 viol· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75A OOS
2026-02-03 NC · Level 2 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9H
2026-01-28 SC · Level 3 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLED
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLUCR
2026-01-24 TN · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLS2
2026-01-23 GA · Level 3 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Hours of service 395 30B1-ELDDFR
Hours of service 395 30B1-ELDDFR
2026-01-08 NC · Level 3 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLEWG1
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLEWA2
2025-11-25 NC · Level 2 1 viol· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 23PT OOS
2025-11-18 GA · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLEWA1
2025-11-18 NC · Level 2 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 25F
2025-11-17 GA · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLEWA2
2025-11-04 GA · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLEWA2
2025-10-08 GA · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLCP
2025-10-07 TN · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLML
2025-10-02 NC · Level 2 1 viol· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75A3 OOS
2025-09-24 SC · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLED
2025-09-18 SC · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLS2
2025-09-17 GA · Level 3 9 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Hours of service 395 22H1-ELDNUM
Hours of service 395 24
Hours of service 395 22H2-ELDNISDT
Hours of service 395 22H3-ELDMF
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLLR
Unsafe driving 392 2SLIMPT
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLILC
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLIT
Unsafe driving 392 2-INAT
2025-08-26 NC · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2LV

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