JEFF BENFIELD NURSERY INC
Risk factors
High riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
CSA performance breakdown
FMCSA · August 28, 20260 inspections · 0 violations (0 OOS) · —% of inspections had an OOS finding.
Latest FMCSA SMS snapshot. Codes link to the lookup — severity weighting, contest angles, and the DataQs Drafter for each. Click a BASIC to filter the codes.
90-day safety improvement plan
What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.
Inspection & crash map
live · FMCSA MCMISEvery inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).
CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.
Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · <100 mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- MATTHEW SMITH
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 1992-03-23
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2022-05-26
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 1 trucks.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares addresses or officers with 60 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
14 events- 05/26/2022MCS-150 update filed
0.0M mi reported (2021)
- 02/10/2015Insurance cancelled — ATLANTIC CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy BA3009845-2
- 02/14/2014Insurance cancelled — ATLANTIC CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy BA3009845-1
- 01/21/2014COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (02/18/2014)
- 01/21/2014CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (02/18/2014)
- 08/21/2013Insurance cancelled — ATLANTIC CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy BA3009845-1
- 07/25/2013COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/02/2013)
- 07/25/2013CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/02/2013)
- 02/14/2013Insurance cancelled — ATLANTIC CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy BA3009845-0
- 01/18/2013COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (02/15/2013)
- 01/18/2013CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (02/15/2013)
- 03/08/2012MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (02/17/2015)
- 03/08/2012MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (02/17/2015)
- 03/23/1992Registered with FMCSA
AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Conditional
- Type
- Safety audit
- Rated
- 1993-08-16
- Last review
- 1993-06-23
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2022-05-26
- Reported mileage
- 1 mi (2021)
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