Carrier profile · USDOT 910824 · MC-394995 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Sharp Transit LLC

DBA SHARP

360 power unitsavg 5.2 yrMulti-region · 9 statesSALISBURY, NC81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-394995 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

360Power units

167 observed · MCS-150

197Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.2Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(704) 630-1160 Email dispatchdavid.valentine@sharptransit.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average22.5% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record14 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 26 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2000.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

40 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

40 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

360 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.2 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

25 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2000 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

289 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 22.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 98 vehicle and 289 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

25.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 5.7 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

284 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 20

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 360-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 360
Inspections · 24 mo: 289
Annualized: ≈145 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving138 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance41 · 8 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 18 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 4 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed · 3 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Interstate’01–now

Great West’05–’19

Hudson’19–now

2000200720142021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY · since Aug 2021

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2019 → Aug 2021	$1M	2
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Feb 2005 → Mar 2019	$1M	3
INTERSTATE INDEMNITY COMPANY	Feb 2003 → Feb 2005	$1M	2
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Mar 2002 → Feb 2002	$1M	1
INTERSTATE INDEMNITY COMPANY	Feb 2001 → current	$1M	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Dec 2000 → Mar 2001	$1M	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 360
Observed power (24 mo): 167
Trailers (towed): 197

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

37.6%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 9 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

289

NC busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

SALISBURY, NC

300 S MAIN ST STE 1

Top corridor

NC 140 · FL 40 · GA 35

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 5 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1832220 USDOT 3836236 USDOT 4222585 USDOT 1231913Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (29 trucks · 27 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 4002720 USDOT 4018778 USDOT 394995 USDOT 2835220 USDOT 327574 USDOT 3816122 USDOT 1785341 USDOT 4222585

Shares a company officer with other carriers

bobby taylor — 19 carriers: USDOT 26971 USDOT 536549 USDOT 689976 USDOT 759116 USDOT 988034 USDOT 1219422 USDOT 1288767 USDOT 1563340

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

360

Observed (24 mo)

167

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 300 S MAIN ST STE 1, SALISBURY, NC, 28144
Mailing address: PO BOX 1207, SALISBURY, NC, 28145-1207
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (704) 630-1160
Email: david.valentine@sharptransit.com
Web domain: sharptransit.com

Registration

Officers: Ben R Sharp · Bobby Taylor
USDOT / docket: 910824 · MC-394995
First registered: Oct 13, 2000
Last MCS-150: Oct 16, 2025 · 34,949,400 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Apr 13, 2010
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

360

Power units

456

Drivers

456

CDL drivers

34,949,400

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for SHARP TRANSIT LLC.

SHARP TRANSIT LLC (USDOT 910824) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 6, 2021 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 22.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 289 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 98 vehicle-level and 289 driver-level — across 9 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 40 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 14 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 360 power units and 456 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 16, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Apr 13, 2010 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SHARP TRANSIT LLC's USDOT number?

SHARP TRANSIT LLC's USDOT number is 910824, and its motor carrier number is MC-394995.

Is SHARP TRANSIT LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, SHARP TRANSIT LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SHARP TRANSIT LLC's safety record?

SHARP TRANSIT LLC has a 22.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 469 roadside inspections, with 40 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is SHARP TRANSIT LLC's fleet?

SHARP TRANSIT LLC operates 360 power units and 456 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is SHARP TRANSIT LLC based?

SHARP TRANSIT LLC is based in SALISBURY, NC, with roadside inspections recorded across 9 states.

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