Carrier profile · USDOT 2355570 · MC-806803 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Carolina Logistics Inc

70 power unitsavg 6.7 yrNational · 36 statesBOILING SPRINGS, SC81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-806803 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 32.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 123 vehicle and 217 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

39.1% · 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 11.4 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

213 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 16

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 70-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
70
Inspections · 24 mo
217
Annualized
≈109 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
91%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.18measure
SMS · per-BASIC
70%
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 Driving139 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance35 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance30 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 19 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving10 · 6 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

88 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

44ELD device issues
10No log / no ELD
14False logs
14Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 24 total · 8 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20256035
20242012
20222012
20215025
20201001
20193013
20181111
20171001
20141011
20131001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 15, 2026PA00Yes
Nov 22, 2025SC01Yes
Nov 22, 2025MS01No
Jun 24, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 12, 2025TX01Yes
May 28, 2025FL00Yes
Apr 21, 2025VA00Yes
Aug 14, 2024FL01Yes
Feb 5, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 11, 2022IL01Yes
Apr 12, 2022TN00Yes
Dec 17, 2021TX01Yes
Nov 15, 2021OK00Yes
Jun 25, 2021CA00Yes
Jun 4, 2021FL00Yes
May 2, 2021IN01Yes
Jan 8, 2020NV00Yes
Nov 9, 2019GA01Yes
Mar 14, 2019SC00Yes
Mar 8, 2019WY00Yes
Jan 27, 2018OH11Yes
Dec 5, 2017NC00Yes
Jul 27, 2014IL01Yes
Mar 10, 2013IA00Yes