Carrier profile · USDOT 876160 · MC-515084 · Updated Jul 19, 2026

Dixie Produce Inc

DBA WHAT CHEFS WANT SOUTHEAST

79 power unitsavg 4.7 yrRegional · 5 statesCHATTANOOGA, TN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-515084 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 2.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 38 vehicle and 65 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

65 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 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.

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 79-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
79
Inspections · 24 mo
65
Annualized
≈33 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

34%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
34%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
7%
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.3 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.67 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Mar 21, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 35 total · 6 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20253013
20242011
20231001
20214014
20202012
20181011
20171011
20161001
20142012
20122022
20111001
20107147
20081011
20071001
20062012
20052102
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 1, 2026FL00Yes
Apr 14, 2026GA00Yes
Aug 25, 2025GA00Yes
May 22, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 25, 2025GA01Yes
Sep 4, 2024GA01No
Jul 16, 2024AL00Yes
Jun 2, 2023TN00Yes
Jul 21, 2021CO00Yes
Jun 9, 2021AL00Yes
Apr 13, 2021TN00Yes
Apr 8, 2021NC02Yes
Nov 13, 2020AL00Yes
Jul 6, 2020TN01Yes
Aug 7, 2018AL01Yes
Apr 10, 2017TN02Yes
Dec 2, 2016TN00Yes
Aug 4, 2014GA01Yes
Mar 4, 2014TN00Yes
Oct 8, 2012TN01Yes
May 9, 2012GA03Yes
Apr 2, 2011GA00Yes
Dec 7, 2010TN00Yes
Nov 5, 2010GA00Yes
Oct 18, 2010AL11Yes