SAMMY DAVIS LITTLE
DBA S D L TRANSPORT
USDOT 2557184MC-Docket MC903887WADESBORO, NC
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SAMMY DAVIS LITTLE (USDOT 2557184) in WADESBORO, 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: $1,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- 2 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2025-06-22 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Current BIPD policy (ATLANTIC CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY) was filed 27 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2025-12-18) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- 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.
- 1 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 9 times, most recent 2025-12-18 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2015-10-14 (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
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 5
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.1
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 20.57
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
0
Injuries
1
Crashes
8
Inspections
6
OOS inspections
18
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 1
- Total drivers
- 1
- Years in business
- 12
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 1 of 1 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 0%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 88.9%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
- 9 times last 2025-12-18
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-04-09
- Insurance lapse history
- 2 lapse(s) most recent 2025-06-22
- Last compliance review
- 2015-10-14 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
12
Inspections
7
OOS inspections
61
Violations
18
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-08-09 → 2026-06-11.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-09-23
NC
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
43 | 15 | 2026-04-30 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
8 | 1 | 2026-02-12 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
7 | 2 | 2026-04-30 |
General safety regulations 390
|
1 | 0 | 2026-02-06 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 0 | 2023-11-02 |
Hours of service 395
|
1 | 0 | 2025-09-23 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-ply or belt material exposed | OOS |
| 2026-04-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-ply or belt material exposed | OOS |
| 2026-04-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake system pressure loss | OOS |
| 2026-04-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective Air Reservoir | OOS |
| 2026-02-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Hazard warning signal(s) inoperative | — |
| 2026-02-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal -Any inoperative on a unit that is not the rearmost unit | — |
| 2026-02-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Dressed Lumber/Similar Building Products - Improper Securement of bundles transported using more than one tier. | OOS |
| 2026-02-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failing to correct the violation(s)/defect(s) noted on the roadside inspection report | — |
| 2026-02-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2026-02-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-ply or belt material exposed | — |
| 2026-02-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative Brake Lamps | — |
| 2026-02-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2025-09-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-ply or belt material exposed | OOS |
| 2025-09-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-09-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative Brake Lamps | OOS |
| 2025-09-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | OOS |
| 2025-09-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inadequate brakes for safe stopping - Brake Lining condition | OOS |
| 2025-09-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-09-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Fuel tank requirement violations | OOS |
| 2025-09-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-09-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel fasteners loose and/or missing | — |
| 2025-09-23 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Form) - Paper Log/Logging Programs Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-06-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-ply or belt material exposed | — |
| 2025-06-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2025-02-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | OOS |
| 2025-02-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2024-10-14 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2024-08-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Improperly joined such as a splice made by sliding the hose ends over a piece of tubing and clamping the hos | OOS |
| 2024-08-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Insufficient tiedowns (w/o headerboard/blocking) for article(s) of cargo longer than 5 feet and no more than 10 | OOS |
| 2024-08-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2024-08-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2024-08-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Vehicle components or dunnage not secured | OOS |
| 2024-08-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel/Rim - Any wheel fasteners loose/missing/ineffective/broken. | — |
| 2024-08-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2024-08-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove | — |
| 2024-08-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel fasteners loose and/or missing | OOS |
| 2024-08-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Required lamp not powered by vehicle electric | — |
| 2024-08-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 11 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-30 2 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-AR | OOS | — |
2026-02-12 6 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHWS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 118D-CDL | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLUCR | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 9D2-FTF | — | — |
2026-02-06 7 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2FT | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9BRKLAMP | — | — |
2025-09-23 17 viols· 7 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2FT | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9BRKLAMP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 67 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9BRKLAMP | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2025-06-30 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1 | — | — |
2025-02-10 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | OOS | — |
2024-10-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-08-27 10 viols· 4 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9(a)(2) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 110(b)(2)(ii) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(a) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
2024-08-22 6 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205(c) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 23 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205(c) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | — | — |
2023-11-02 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 45(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | — | — |
2023-08-09 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 24(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
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