Carrier profile · USDOT 705158 · MC-326030 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

EXPLORERS TRANSPORT INC

43 power unitsavg 8 yrRegional · 4 statesFLOWERY BRANCH, GA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-326030 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksclipperpetroleum.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 2.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 79 vehicle and 90 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 9.4 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

83 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 9

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 43-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
43
Inspections · 24 mo
90
Annualized
≈45 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

38%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
9%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 107.620 Other violationOther3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 11, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 38 total · 5 in 24 mo

38
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20253003
20221010
20214134
20201010
20193013
20183003
20171011
20161001
20153013
20141001
20121011
20113003
20101001
20092011
20051011
20041001
20032021
20012020
20002002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 16, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 10, 2026GA00Yes
Aug 27, 2025GA00Yes
Aug 18, 2025GA00Yes
May 17, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 10, 2022GA01No
Dec 7, 2021SC11Yes
Nov 9, 2021GA00Yes
Apr 20, 2021GA02Yes
Feb 24, 2021GA02Yes
Feb 11, 2020GA01No
Dec 5, 2019GA00Yes
Jul 20, 2019GA03Yes
May 11, 2019SC00Yes
Dec 30, 2018GA00Yes
Sep 25, 2018GA00Yes
Apr 14, 2018GA00Yes
Jun 18, 2017GA01Yes
May 29, 2016GA00Yes
May 22, 2015GA00Yes
Feb 10, 2015GA01Yes
Jan 16, 2015GA00Yes
Sep 24, 2014GA00Yes
Feb 23, 2012GA01Yes
Jun 13, 2011GA00Yes