Carrier profile · USDOT 2044030 · MC-716627 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

Carolina Freightways Inc

195 power unitsavg 9.5 yrNational · 18 statesEDEN, NC81/100
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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 27.2%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 — 103 vehicle and 222 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.3% · 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 8.2 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

213 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 18

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 195-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
195
Inspections · 24 mo
222
Annualized
≈111 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

37%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
68%
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
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance41 · 15 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 19 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 12 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

40 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

24ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
5False logs
9Drove over hours

4 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 135 total · 19 in 24 mo

135
Total crashes
19
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
61
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
20256006
2024150514
2023110411
2022161916
2021110310
2020110611
2019150813
20189049
20177047
20169068
20159069
20144024
20131011
20126126
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 3, 2026NC00Yes
May 4, 2026NC00Yes
Apr 11, 2026FL00Yes
Jan 12, 2026FL01Yes
Nov 13, 2025SC00Yes
Aug 22, 2025NC00Yes
Jun 7, 2025FL00Yes
Feb 25, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 13, 2025SC00Yes
Jan 9, 2025SC00Yes
Dec 20, 2024NC00Yes
Dec 9, 2024NC03Yes
Nov 15, 2024NC00Yes
Oct 31, 2024FL00Yes
Oct 29, 2024SC00Yes
Oct 21, 2024FL00Yes
Oct 15, 2024SC00Yes
Sep 18, 2024SC00Yes
Sep 13, 2024NC01No
Jul 31, 2024FL00Yes
Jul 25, 2024SC00Yes
Jul 8, 2024NC01Yes
May 4, 2024NC01Yes
Mar 5, 2024NC01Yes
Jan 1, 2024FL00Yes