Carrier profile · USDOT 659150 · MC-309127 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Carolina National Transportation LLC

121 power unitsavg 11 yrNational · 20 statesMOUNT PLEASANT, SC81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-309127 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 24.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 117 vehicle and 228 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · 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 10.9 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

222 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 121-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
121
Inspections · 24 mo
228
Annualized
≈114 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

57%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
67%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
84%
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 Driving114 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance114 · 32 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance33 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 18 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance29 · 8 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance25 · 15 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance15 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

49 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
13False logs
15Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 281 total · 11 in 24 mo

281
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
117
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264104
20254114
20247047
20238018
20228138
20216035
20208028
20198047
2018110710
2017160515
201611048
20155005
2014173417
2013110311
20129159
20118048
2010111610
20098058
2008190818
20077056
2006110410
2005150611
20048038
20039037
2002120411
2001120711
2000131613
19994043
19988058
19973013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 17, 2026VA10Yes
Jun 19, 2026GA00Yes
Jun 2, 2026NC00Yes
May 21, 2026GA00Yes
Jul 29, 2025VA00Yes
Apr 14, 2025VA00Yes
Mar 21, 2025SC11Yes
Feb 19, 2025NC00Yes
Dec 13, 2024GA01Yes
Nov 18, 2024IN00Yes
Sep 18, 2024IN01Yes
Jun 5, 2024IL02Yes
May 18, 2024WI01Yes
May 14, 2024SC00Yes
Mar 21, 2024IL00Yes
Dec 8, 2023SC00Yes
Dec 5, 2023VA00Yes
Nov 22, 2023VA00Yes
Oct 10, 2023IL00Yes
Aug 10, 2023IL00Yes
Jun 28, 2023SC00Yes
Jun 21, 2023VA01Yes
May 22, 2023VA00Yes
Dec 8, 2022GA01Yes
Oct 26, 2022SC10Yes