Carrier profile · USDOT 775068 · MC-347129 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Buffkin Trucking Inc

17 power unitsavg 5 yrLocal · 2 statesMIDLAND, NC68/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-347129 INACTIVE
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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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 4 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 16.7 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

3 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 1

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 17-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
17
Inspections · 24 mo
4
Annualized
≈2 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
14measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 10 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 10 total · 0 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231011
20221011
20212021
20202012
20172012
20161011
20001010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 22, 2023NC01Yes
Apr 29, 2022NC02Yes
Jul 12, 2021NC01Yes
Feb 19, 2021NC01No
Dec 10, 2020NC00Yes
Apr 30, 2020NC01Yes
Nov 28, 2017NC01Yes
Nov 2, 2017NC00Yes
Oct 20, 2016NC01Yes
Mar 3, 2000GA01No