Carrier profile · USDOT 182606 · MC-157384 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Benny Whitehead Inc

86 power unitsavg 2.7 yrNational · 26 statesGEORGETOWN, GA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-157384 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 9.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 102 vehicle and 215 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

211 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 17

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 86-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
86
Inspections · 24 mo
215
Annualized
≈108 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
30%
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 Driving84 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 11 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

42 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

25ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
7False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 84% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 152 total · 7 in 24 mo

152
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
56
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20254004
20245045
20235015
20225034
20216326
20208148
20198028
2018110311
20176036
20166026
20157027
20143012
20133022
20125005
20111001
20109019
20093003
20084034
20074114
20062002
20053033
20044014
20034114
20026046
20013023
20003013
19994004
19984114
19972122
19963012
19952002
19943023
19932022
19922011
19911000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 29, 2026CO01Yes
Nov 17, 2025AL00Yes
Jun 7, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 20, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 1, 2025WA00Yes
Dec 3, 2024CA01Yes
Aug 14, 2024LA01Yes
Jun 12, 2024GA00Yes
May 4, 2024AZ01Yes
Mar 1, 2024TX01Yes
Sep 16, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 23, 2023TX02Yes
Feb 24, 2023CA00Yes
Feb 8, 2023AR00Yes
Jan 6, 2023TX00Yes
Dec 4, 2022TX01Yes
Nov 29, 2022FL01Yes
Jul 14, 2022AL00Yes
Apr 5, 2022FL00Yes
Apr 1, 2022CA01No
Oct 21, 2021AL10Yes
Oct 6, 2021AZ26Yes
Mar 21, 2021AZ00Yes
Mar 17, 2021TX11Yes
Feb 20, 2021LA00Yes