BAKER TRANSPORTATION INC

LAKE CITY, SC

Brokers & shippers · booking check

Do not book — hard regulatory blocker

One or more hard blockers are on file. Do not tender until the issue is cured and confirmed on FMCSA.

Do not book

Blockers

Census status: Inactive FMCSA census marks this USDOT as not actively authorized. Confirm on SAFER before tendering.

On file

OOS rate better than size peers

Built for brokers and shippers deciding whether to tender. Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before booking — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.

Plain-text risk summary (print / paste)

TruckCodex risk summary — BAKER TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 325864)
Verdict: DO NOT BOOK
Do not book — hard regulatory blocker
One or more hard blockers are on file. Do not tender until the issue is cured and confirmed on FMCSA.

Authority / census status: Inactive

Blockers:
  • Census status: Inactive — FMCSA census marks this USDOT as not actively authorized. Confirm on SAFER before tendering.

Cautions:
  (none)

On file:
  • OOS rate better than size peers

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/325864/
As of: Aug 29, 2026
Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.

USDOT 325864 Inactive INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE Owner: WILLIAM C BAKER Additional owner: LEILA BAKER Based in LAKE CITY, SC

FMCSA census as of Aug 29, 2026 · Sources · Freshness

TruckCodex · filing & peer scorecard

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · B

Composite of 3/5 scored components (mean 77/100). Separate from booking triage on this page. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.

B confidence 60% · 3/5 signals · expand

Authority / census

Inactive · 30/100

Census status is Inactive — confirm on SAFER before tendering.

Insurance / BIPD

Insurance/BIPD signal not resolved for this carrier.

NR reason: No active policies and no uninsured flag to score against.

OOS vs peers

Safer than peers · 100/100

Driver OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). Vehicle OOS 0% vs peer median 16.7% (better). n=18396 same-size ACTIVE peers.

FMCSA safety rating

Unrated

FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. We do not invent one.

NR reason: No published FMCSA safety_rating.

Insurance-watch tier

Not on watch · 100/100

No BMC-91 insurance-lapse watch classification on file for this USDOT.

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard from authority, BIPD, peer OOS, FMCSA safety rating, and insurance-watch signals. Not a booking verdict and not legal advice. See methodology. Booking triage on this page: Do not book.

Recent changes

Field change history → Daily change log ↓

Status NOT_AUTH → INACTIVE · May 25, 2026 · FMCSA Company Census

Operating authority

No authority breakdown on file.

Insurance

No active policies on file.

BOC-3 agent

No BOC-3 filing on file.

Company profile

Company details

USDOT 325864

In FMCSA records since Aug 25, 1988 (~38y)

Entity INDIVIDUAL

Owner WILLIAM C BAKER

Additional owner LEILA BAKER

Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Fleet size 54 units

Drivers 48

Annual mileage 3,532,588 mi

Contact & address

Phone: (843) 389-2572

Email: [email protected]

Physical

4021 N WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY HWY

LAKE CITY, SC 29560

Mailing

P O BOX 250

CADES, SC 29518

Registration & safety rating

USDOT 325864

In FMCSA records since Aug 25, 1988 (~38y)

Entity INDIVIDUAL

Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Annual mileage (MCS-150) 3,532,588 mi

FMCSA cargo filing (BMC-34/83)

No active FMCSA cargo filing on file.

FMCSA L&I filing evidence — not a shipper certificate of insurance (COI). Cargo (BMC-34) is primarily an HHG / household-goods requirement; general freight carriers often have none.

Broker bond / trust (BMC-84/85)

No active broker surety bond or trust fund on file.

BMC-84 is a surety bond; BMC-85 is a trust-fund agreement. Required for property brokers / freight forwarders — not motor-carrier BIPD liability insurance.

Fleet details (MCS-150)

Vehicle type	Owned	Term leased	Trip leased
Truck tractors	54	0	0
Trailers	127	0	0

Self-reported on the carrier’s Form MCS-150 (FMCSA Company Census).

Accident reports (24 months)

All 56 crashes →

	6–12 months	Total
Fatalities	0	0
Injuries	0	0
Tow-away	2	2
Crash reports	2	2

Reportable crashes from FMCSA MCMIS for the trailing 24 months. Counts may differ slightly from SAFER due to reporting lag.

Power Units

Drivers

Inspections

None in our FMCSA import window (~3 years)

OOS Rate (peak)

—

Crashes (24m)

56 all-time

Authorities

Carrier analysis & narrative context Status notes, risk intelligence, and safety profiles

Carrier is unrated

FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. Use the inspection history and BASIC scores below to assess on-road performance.

Risk intelligence

2 reportable crashes occurred in the same 24-month window.

Fleet profile

The fleet comprises 54 power units (mid-sized fleet); 48 drivers.

Out-of-Service rate vs same-size peers FMCSA roadside inspections, % placed out-of-service

Compared against 18,396 ACTIVE carriers operating 27–81 power units (±50% of this carrier's 54 unit fleet).

This carrier — Driver OOS

Drivers placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

Median across 18,396 same-size peers

Verdict

On par with peers

Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

This carrier — Vehicle OOS

Vehicles placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

16.7%

Median across 18,396 same-size peers

Verdict

Safer than peers

Delta -16.7 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

Fleet History

Field change history →

Sourced from FMCSA daily imports; field-level change log. 1 tracked change on record. · 1 status change

Record Changes

May 25, 2026 As-of snapshot →
- Status NOT_AUTH INACTIVE
  Seen 2 times · first May 25, 2026 · last May 25, 2026 FMCSA Company Census

Recent Inspections

No roadside inspections on file for this carrier in our FMCSA import window.

Public FMCSA inspection feeds cover roughly the last three years of roadside activity (not the full MCMIS archive). Older inspections — including those from before a carrier went inactive — are usually absent for every carrier, not just closed ones. Reportable crash history on this page goes further back; see crashes below or the full crash subpage.

Recent Crashes (56 rows) View all 56 →

Report #	Date ▼	State	Injuries	Tow	Hazmat	Severity
VA0260230638	Jan 22, 2026	VA	0	Yes	No	Tow
SC0025288706	Dec 2, 2025	SC	0	Yes	No	Tow
SC0023253059	Jul 21, 2023	SC	1	Yes	No	Injury
GA0007839949	Nov 4, 2020	GA	1	Yes	No	Injury
MS4107197290	Sep 26, 2019	MS	1	Yes	No	Injury
SC0019570972	May 24, 2019	SC	1	No	No	Injury
SC0019528041	Mar 3, 2019	SC	0	Yes	No	Tow
SC0019512975	Jan 17, 2019	SC	2	Yes	No	Injury
GA0006947360	Nov 6, 2018	GA	0	Yes	No	Tow
SC0018648275	Oct 18, 2018	SC	0	Yes	No	Tow
SC0018650880	Oct 12, 2018	SC	1	Yes	No	Injury
SC0018620638	Aug 24, 2018	SC	0	Yes	No	Tow
SC0018618006	Aug 23, 2018	SC	1	No	No	Injury
SC0018605595	Jul 31, 2018	SC	1	Yes	No	Injury
SC0018548786	Apr 15, 2018	SC	0	Yes	No	Tow
SC0018531139	Mar 9, 2018	SC	1	Yes	No	Injury
SC0017559011	May 15, 2017	SC	0	Yes	No	Tow
SC0017520965	Feb 28, 2017	SC	1	Yes	No	Injury
SC0016665510	Dec 20, 2016	SC	1	Yes	No	Injury
SC0016593522	Jul 18, 2016	SC	0	Yes	No	Tow
SC0016507196	Jan 20, 2016	SC	0	Yes	No	Tow
SC0016504170	Jan 13, 2016	SC	1	Yes	No	Injury
SC0015635831	Nov 11, 2015	SC	0	Yes	No	Tow
VA0152695093	Sep 25, 2015	VA	1	Yes	No	Injury
NC0104487679	Sep 9, 2015	NC	0	Yes	No	Tow

Related Records Cross-references to every adjacent page

Field change history

Field change history
History-watch change dates and as-of snapshots