CAROLINA CONTAINER LLC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
173 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 14
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 87
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 178
- Annualized
- ≈89 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving22 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness4 · 4 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 391.45 No medical examination / expiredDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 2, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
2 ELD violations in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 55 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2026 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 14, 2025 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 6, 2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 13, 2024 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 13, 2024 | NC | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 24, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 17, 2023 | NC | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2023 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 22, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2022 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 17, 2022 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 9, 2022 | NC | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 13, 2021 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 12, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 19, 2020 | NC | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 4, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2020 | SC | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2019 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 10, 2019 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 5, 2019 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2018 | NC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2018 | NC | 1 | 2 | Yes |