Cherokee Tank Lines 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
18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2
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
- 23
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 18
- Annualized
- ≈9 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 3 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 37 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 9, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 20, 2024 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 28, 2024 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2023 | OH | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 9, 2021 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2020 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 24, 2020 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 28, 2020 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 24, 2020 | NC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 23, 2019 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2019 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 11, 2017 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2017 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 22, 2017 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 3, 2016 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 22, 2016 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2015 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 31, 2015 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 23, 2015 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2015 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 28, 2014 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2013 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 15, 2013 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |