Carrier profile · USDOT 2318070 · MC-791344 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Horizon South Inc

191 power unitsavg 13.2 yrMulti-region · 10 statesCLEVELAND, OH74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-791344 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 42.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 75 vehicle and 162 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · 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 17.7 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

157 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 13

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 191-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
191
Inspections · 24 mo
162
Annualized
≈81 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

54%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
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 Maintenance69 · 14 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving63 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 24 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

38 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

24ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
1False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 79 total · 15 in 24 mo

79
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
28
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267037
20256026
20248028
20234004
20225025
20215024
20202012
20196126
20186026
20173031
2016122510
2015120312
20143013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 26, 2026GA00Yes
Jun 10, 2026FL01Yes
Apr 13, 2026FL00Yes
Apr 6, 2026GA02Yes
Feb 26, 2026FL00Yes
Feb 2, 2026GA01Yes
Jan 15, 2026FL00Yes
Dec 15, 2025FL03Yes
Dec 9, 2025FL01Yes
Oct 9, 2025GA00Yes
May 13, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 17, 2025GA00Yes
Jan 23, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 27, 2024FL00Yes
Oct 29, 2024GA01Yes
Jul 11, 2024GA00Yes
May 24, 2024AL00Yes
May 21, 2024FL00Yes
May 2, 2024NC00Yes
Apr 12, 2024GA00Yes
Feb 26, 2024GA01Yes
Mar 23, 2023GA00Yes
Feb 28, 2023FL00Yes
Feb 2, 2023FL00Yes
Jan 16, 2023GA00Yes