Carrier profile · USDOT 2073146 · MC-724258 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Carolina Logistic Inc

204 power unitsavg 8.4 yrNational · 42 statesCANDLER, NC77/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-724258 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 26.9%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 — 182 vehicle and 424 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

32.6% · 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 2.4 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

412 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 29

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 204-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
204
Inspections · 24 mo
424
Annualized
≈212 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
78%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
27%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
69%
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 Driving173 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance71 · 14 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance67 · 55 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance45 · 12 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance32 · 5 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance27 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance27 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance24 · 14 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

104 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

32ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
41False logs
27Drove over hours

Trending worse — 59% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 217 total · 13 in 24 mo

217
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
73
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20257016
2024110311
2023140314
2022140614
2021190417
2020190419
2019240623
2018201918
20171811118
2016220720
2015180917
201410128
20139039
20127137
20114024
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 4, 2026NC00Yes
Oct 10, 2025MO00Yes
Sep 27, 2025AL00Yes
Aug 22, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 4, 2025MS00Yes
Feb 12, 2025VA00Yes
Feb 8, 2025WY00Yes
Jan 22, 2025GA01No
Dec 14, 2024MO00Yes
Nov 29, 2024FL01Yes
Nov 1, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 2, 2024GA01Yes
Sep 26, 2024SC00Yes
Aug 10, 2024NC00Yes
Jul 31, 2024NC01Yes
May 22, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 27, 2024NC00Yes
Jan 4, 2024MT00Yes
Jan 3, 2024GA00Yes
Dec 1, 2023SC00Yes
Nov 9, 2023NC00Yes
Nov 5, 2023VA02Yes
Oct 28, 2023IA00Yes
Sep 25, 2023VA00Yes
Sep 10, 2023GA00Yes