Carrier profile · USDOT 121384 · MC-383939 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

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299 power unitsavg 2.2 yrNational · 20 statesFLORENCE, AL70/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-383939 STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

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

Vehicle OOS 11.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 54 vehicle and 62 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.6% · 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

62 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 11

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 299-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 299
Inspections · 24 mo: 62
Annualized: ≈31 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

37%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

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

395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
177.834 Other violationOther5 · 5 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
177.817 Other violationOther5 · 1 OOS
172.516 Other violationOther5 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

5Drove over hours

5 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 16 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	2	0	0	2
2022	2	1	2	2
2021	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2018	2	0	0	2
2015	1	0	1	1
2010	1	0	0	1
2009	1	0	0	1
2007	1	0	1	1
2005	1	0	0	1
2004	2	0	0	2
2000	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jun 25, 2025	PA	0	0	Yes
Jan 16, 2025	MI	0	0	Yes
Jun 25, 2022	SC	0	1	Yes
Mar 10, 2022	AL	1	1	Yes
Aug 24, 2021	IL	0	0	Yes
Jun 24, 2019	IN	0	0	Yes
Jul 13, 2018	IN	0	0	Yes
Jun 26, 2018	GA	0	0	Yes
Aug 26, 2015	IA	0	1	Yes
Jul 21, 2010	WV	0	0	Yes
Jan 16, 2009	KY	0	0	Yes
Jan 3, 2007	IL	0	1	Yes
Jul 14, 2005	PA	0	0	Yes
Jul 8, 2004	MN	0	0	Yes
Jul 1, 2004	NY	0	0	Yes
Dec 13, 2000	NC	0	3	Yes