Carolina Southern Inc
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
132 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 15
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
- 55
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 134
- Annualized
- ≈67 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.2 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 Driving63 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 11 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 1 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 2 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
37 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 91% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 100 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2026 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 14, 2026 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 29, 2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 28, 2025 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 15, 2025 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 7, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 17, 2023 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 30, 2023 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2023 | ID | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 20, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 14, 2022 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 5, 2022 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2022 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 5, 2022 | CA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| May 30, 2021 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 1, 2021 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 13, 2020 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 10, 2020 | CA | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Nov 27, 2020 | OR | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 6, 2020 | NC | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Oct 30, 2020 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 10, 2020 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2020 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2020 | MT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2019 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |