Carrier profile · USDOT 2278946 · MC-778515 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Coastal Transportation LLC

49 power unitsavg 7 yrRegional · 4 statesPORT WENTWORTH, GA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-778515 ACTIVE
Verified linkscoastaltransllc.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 22.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 37 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 7.0 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

35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 4

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 49-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
49
Inspections · 24 mo
37
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
25%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 21 total · 4 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20243112
20235035
20222012
20211001
20191001
20171001
20162022
20152012
20141011
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 25, 2026GA06Yes
Apr 9, 2026GA00Yes
Dec 18, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 23, 2024GA10No
Jan 18, 2024GA01Yes
Sep 29, 2023GA00Yes
Jun 26, 2023GA00Yes
Jun 23, 2023GA01Yes
May 3, 2023SC02Yes
Jan 4, 2023GA01Yes
Nov 2, 2022NC00Yes
Jul 29, 2022GA01Yes
Jan 11, 2021GA00Yes
Jan 30, 2019GA00Yes
Sep 29, 2017GA00Yes
Sep 16, 2016GA01Yes
Sep 14, 2016SC01Yes
Nov 9, 2015GA01Yes
Feb 6, 2015GA00Yes
Apr 14, 2014GA01Yes
Nov 19, 2012GA00Yes