Carrier profile · USDOT 182476 · MC-199096 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc

86 power unitsavg 8.7 yrNational · 16 statesDRESDEN, TN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-199096 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 37.0%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 — 27 vehicle and 88 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 64.1 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

86 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 8

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 86-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
86
Inspections · 24 mo
88
Annualized
≈44 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

38%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
31%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
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 Driving52 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 14, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 92 total · 8 in 24 mo

92
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
28
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20255025
20245015
20234004
20225015
20215025
20205015
20193013
20185005
20179029
20164004
20158038
20143003
20133023
20126026
20111011
20092012
20081011
20061001
20053012
20044013
20033013
20021010
20003021
19971001
19951011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 9, 2026TX01Yes
Nov 13, 2025KY00Yes
Jul 28, 2025KY00Yes
Jun 10, 2025GA01Yes
May 15, 2025TN01Yes
Feb 5, 2025TN00Yes
Nov 14, 2024TN02Yes
Oct 8, 2024GA00Yes
Jul 24, 2024TX00Yes
Jun 25, 2024GA00Yes
Apr 19, 2024MO00Yes
Dec 27, 2023AR00Yes
Apr 25, 2023TN00Yes
Mar 28, 2023TN00Yes
Mar 23, 2023TN00Yes
May 31, 2022TN00Yes
Mar 9, 2022TN00Yes
Feb 18, 2022TN00Yes
Feb 17, 2022IN00Yes
Jan 12, 2022OH01Yes
Dec 8, 2021TX04Yes
Oct 7, 2021TN00Yes
Jul 9, 2021MO00Yes
Jun 1, 2021NC02Yes
Feb 11, 2021GA00Yes