Carrier profile · USDOT 288247 · MC-341833 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Buckhead Meat Company

69 power unitsavg 3.7 yrMulti-region · 14 statesCOLLEGE PARK, GA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-341833 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 3.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 107 vehicle and 189 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.8% · 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 6.0 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

185 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 14

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 69-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
69
Inspections · 24 mo
189
Annualized
≈95 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

33%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
79%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
19%
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 Driving34 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness5 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 37 total · 8 in 24 mo

37
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20256016
20241001
20232011
20221001
20211001
20201001
20191001
20181001
20172002
20151001
20114004
20071001
20063013
20051001
20031010
20021011
20011011
20003022
19991001
19982122
19941001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 27, 2026GA00Yes
Dec 26, 2025NC00Yes
Nov 21, 2025TN00Yes
Oct 22, 2025NJ00Yes
May 30, 2025TN02Yes
Mar 10, 2025TN00Yes
Jan 28, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 26, 2024AL00Yes
Nov 9, 2023NC01No
Nov 3, 2023AL00Yes
Dec 15, 2022GA00Yes
Dec 28, 2021GA00Yes
Jan 8, 2020GA00Yes
Mar 7, 2019NC00Yes
Jun 12, 2018AL00Yes
Dec 20, 2017GA00Yes
Feb 21, 2017GA00Yes
Sep 11, 2015GA00Yes
Nov 4, 2011FL00Yes
Oct 13, 2011GA00Yes
May 6, 2011VA00Yes
Jan 11, 2011GA00Yes
Nov 6, 2007FL00Yes
Sep 7, 2006TN00Yes
Apr 21, 2006FL02Yes