Merchants Transport OF Hickory LLC
Preliminary screening result
Independent screening summary
Driver OOS: below average. Vehicle OOS: below average. Current operating authority and insurance coverage must be verified separately. This report is not dispatch approval.
- Driver out-of-service rate —
- Vehicle out-of-service rate —
- Public acute/critical indicators —
- Crash records in source extract -5
- Registration / docket record —
- Liability filing (informational) —
Inspection performance
Out-of-service rates vs. national average
Driver out-of-service rate
0.1% -5.32 pp vs U.S. avg (5.42%)Vehicle out-of-service rate
4.3% -17.17 pp vs U.S. avg (21.47%)FMCSA Safety Measurement System
Public acute/critical indicators
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Source extract
Crash records in source extract
People reported: 0 fatalities; 5 injured. Crash records do not assign fault. Legacy extract: absent and negative A/C flags were previously combined. Exact positive fatal/injury event counts cannot be reconstructed from person totals.
Registration & Fleet Profile
Company operations
| Legal company name | MERCHANTS TRANSPORT OF HICKORY LLC |
|---|---|
| Physical address | 5005 Alex Lee Blvd, Hickory, NC 28601 |
| Operation classification | Private Property;authorized For Hire |
| Power units / Drivers | 274 power units / 347 drivers |
| MCS-150 reported mileage | 25,861,000 (year 2025) |
| MCS-150 last updated | 2026-04-03 |
| Cargo types handled | General freight, Household goods, Fresh produce, Liquids / gases, Meat, Chemicals, Commodities requiring temperature control, Beverages, Paper products |
FMCSA L&I filing records
Insurance filings in source extract
| Liability (BIPD) (Form BMC-91X) | $3,000,000 · Safety National Casualty Corporation · Effective 2013-06-29 |
|---|---|
| Bond / trust fund (Form BMC-84) | $75,000 · Lm Insurance Corporation · Effective 2013-10-01 |
Policy 2.0.0. Legacy extract: absent and negative A/C flags were previously combined. Exact positive fatal/injury event counts cannot be reconstructed from person totals. Dataset update dates are not necessarily reporting-window end dates. Rebuilding this page does not refresh the underlying records.
This report card combines records from FMCSA's public Motor Carrier Census, SMS roadside inspection files, and Licensing & Insurance (L&I) extracts (SMS dataset last updated 2026-09-13). The letter grade is calculated using transparent mathematical deductions based on out-of-service deviations from the national average, observed acute/critical indicators, fleet-proportional crash history, and authority status.
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