Carolina Transportation 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
23 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 3
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
- 16
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 23
- Annualized
- ≈12 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.7 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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 31, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 37 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2023 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 4, 2023 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 28, 2023 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 5, 2022 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 3, 2021 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 6, 2021 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2020 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2019 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 2019 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 13, 2018 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 7, 2018 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 19, 2017 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 7, 2017 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 21, 2017 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 22, 2017 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2017 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 30, 2016 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 18, 2016 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 31, 2016 | GA | 1 | 0 | No |
| Apr 8, 2016 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2016 | GA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Sep 27, 2015 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 4, 2011 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 30, 2011 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |