Carrier profile · USDOT 391855 · MC-231970 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

B W Mitchum Trucking Co Inc

228 power unitsavg 8.1 yrMulti-region · 14 statesSUMMERVILLE, SC74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-231970 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksbwmitchumtrucking.comFMCSA SAFER

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 43.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 80 vehicle and 192 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.3% · 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 5.6 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

187 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 12

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 228-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
228
Inspections · 24 mo
192
Annualized
≈96 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

30%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
70%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
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 Driving137 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance35 · 12 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 28 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
2False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 94% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 207 total · 16 in 24 mo

207
Total crashes
16
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
84
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20258037
20249029
20239038
20228028
2021100110
20208038
2019140514
2018160615
20179049
20166036
20157217
2014110311
2013100410
20126036
20113133
20103012
20083023
20078017
2006100610
20056146
20044033
20034123
20024104
20011011
20004043
19997156
19985035
19975005
19963023
19943123
19921011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 11, 2026SC00Yes
Feb 23, 2026SC01Yes
Dec 8, 2025NC01Yes
Jun 11, 2025GA00Yes
May 15, 2025GA00Yes
May 5, 2025SC00Yes
May 2, 2025NC00Yes
Apr 28, 2025SC01No
Apr 4, 2025NC00Yes
Mar 11, 2025SC01Yes
Sep 27, 2024NC00Yes
Sep 18, 2024NC00Yes
Sep 16, 2024SC00Yes
Aug 28, 2024SC00Yes
Aug 23, 2024SC01Yes
Aug 19, 2024SC00Yes
Jul 10, 2024NC00Yes
Mar 27, 2024SC00Yes
Jan 18, 2024SC01Yes
Nov 30, 2023SC00Yes
Nov 21, 2023SC01Yes
Aug 30, 2023SC00Yes
Aug 5, 2023SC00Yes
Jul 10, 2023NC00Yes
Jun 13, 2023SC00Yes