Carrier profile · USDOT 1496453 · MC-562511 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Carolina Trucking Inc

40 power unitsavg 13.9 yrLocal · 2 statesSAN DIEGO, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-562511 ACTIVE
Verified linkscarolinatruckinginc.comFMCSA SAFER

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 12.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 149 vehicle and 167 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.5% · 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 10.1 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

162 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 15

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
168
Annualized
≈84 / yr
Coverage
≈2.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
42%
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.

  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance33 · 10 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance25 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jan 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 18 total · 4 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253003
20241101
20233023
20222022
20182002
20151001
20141001
20131001
20102011
20081001
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 3, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 6, 2025CA00Yes
May 13, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 19, 2024CA10Yes
May 20, 2023CA02Yes
Apr 17, 2023CA04Yes
Jan 17, 2023CA00Yes
May 20, 2022CA01Yes
Feb 14, 2022CA01Yes
Oct 23, 2018CA00Yes
Sep 24, 2018CA00Yes
Apr 17, 2015CA00Yes
Sep 13, 2014CA00Yes
Apr 15, 2013CA00Yes
Sep 28, 2010CA02No
May 5, 2010CA00Yes
May 13, 2008CA00Yes
Oct 17, 2007CA00Yes