Carrier profile · USDOT 215182 · MC-147919 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Dunavant Sea Lane Express LLC

96 power unitsavg 12.4 yrMulti-region · 14 statesMEMPHIS, TN74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-147919 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 39.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 73 vehicle and 111 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

58.3% · 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 8.1 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

108 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 10

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 96-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
96
Inspections · 24 mo
111
Annualized
≈56 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

37%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
64%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
88%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
86%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance75 · 20 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance34 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance24 · 16 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 17 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

31 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

23ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 78% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 252 total · 8 in 24 mo

252
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
10
Fatal
126
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20253013
20249028
20237067
20227027
20218047
20208148
20198037
20189048
20177137
20166036
20156126
20144014
20133023
20129158
2011140510
20106054
20095015
20088038
20073033
20069156
2005161616
2004130713
2003150712
2002191915
20018037
20009067
19993013
19985134
19978086
19965045
19955254
19943033
19931001
19921001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 5, 2026TN00Yes
Feb 26, 2026SC00Yes
Sep 10, 2025FL01Yes
Jul 23, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 17, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 2, 2024GA01No
Oct 21, 2024NC00Yes
Oct 1, 2024NC00Yes
Aug 2, 2024MD00Yes
May 15, 2024NC00Yes
Mar 29, 2024KY01Yes
Feb 29, 2024NC00Yes
Feb 20, 2024GA00Yes
Jan 23, 2024FL00Yes
Nov 14, 2023GA06Yes
Sep 7, 2023GA01Yes
Jun 21, 2023GA03Yes
Jun 12, 2023GA02Yes
May 2, 2023NC02Yes
Jan 19, 2023VA00Yes
Jan 3, 2023TN02Yes
Dec 2, 2022GA02Yes
Nov 11, 2022NC01Yes
Oct 24, 2022FL00Yes
Oct 8, 2022GA00Yes