Carrier profile · USDOT 2158633 · MC-757949 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Carriers Direct Inc

45 power unitsavg 10.5 yrRegional · 5 statesPARRISH, FL68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-757949 ACTIVE
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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 42.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 28 vehicle and 74 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 18.9 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

70 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 6

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 45-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
74
Annualized
≈37 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

65%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
93%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
79%
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 Driving39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance36 · 7 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance25 · 7 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance24 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

72 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

38ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
17False logs
9Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 43 total · 6 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262112
20252022
20242002
20232002
20214014
20202012
20199149
20181001
20177017
20163113
20152002
20145025
20132022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 9, 2026NC11Yes
Jan 24, 2026NC00Yes
Mar 5, 2025SC03Yes
Jan 9, 2025GA01Yes
Nov 27, 2024FL00Yes
Sep 6, 2024GA00Yes
Nov 22, 2023FL00Yes
Oct 18, 2023FL00Yes
Dec 14, 2021IN00Yes
Oct 5, 2021MD01Yes
Sep 24, 2021NC00Yes
Aug 10, 2021FL00Yes
Dec 25, 2020SC01Yes
Apr 19, 2020FL00Yes
Dec 24, 2019FL00Yes
Nov 8, 2019FL00Yes
Aug 30, 2019GA04Yes
Aug 28, 2019NC10Yes
Aug 20, 2019FL00Yes
Jul 4, 2019NC02Yes
May 23, 2019FL01Yes
May 8, 2019FL00Yes
Jan 30, 2019SC02Yes
Oct 26, 2018NC00Yes
Nov 12, 2017FL00Yes