Carrier profile · USDOT 187921 · MC-432768 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Associated Grocers of the South Inc

51 power unitsavg 4.5 yrRegional · 5 statesBIRMINGHAM, AL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-432768 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 9.5%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 — 21 vehicle and 57 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 2.7 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

53 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 7

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
0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 51-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
51
Inspections · 24 mo
57
Annualized
29 / yr
Coverage
0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

26%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
38%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.15 Automatic on-board recording deviceHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

19 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 89 total · 1 in 24 mo

89
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
38
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20242002
20223023
20211011
20204024
20194014
20182012
20172022
20157126
20142012
20131001
20121001
20115025
20105024
20092002
20082022
20075025
20062002
20052022
20041011
20036045
20024023
20015125
20002011
19996136
19982012
19974114
19962002
19942002
19931001
19901000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 18, 2025GA03Yes
May 31, 2024AL00Yes
Mar 18, 2024AL00Yes
Dec 23, 2022AL00Yes
Aug 25, 2022GA01Yes
Jul 29, 2022AL01Yes
Apr 20, 2021GA01Yes
Dec 9, 2020AL00Yes
Jul 25, 2020AL03Yes
Jul 5, 2020AL01Yes
Jun 1, 2020AL00Yes
Nov 20, 2019AL00Yes
Oct 10, 2019AL00Yes
Aug 19, 2019AL00Yes
Jan 7, 2019AL01Yes
Jun 11, 2018AL01Yes
Apr 20, 2018MS00Yes
Dec 21, 2017AL01Yes
Sep 28, 2017AL01Yes
Oct 3, 2015AL00Yes
Aug 16, 2015AL01Yes
Jun 30, 2015TN10Yes
Jun 7, 2015AL01No
Apr 10, 2015AL00Yes
Mar 28, 2015AL00Yes