Carrier profile · USDOT 203429 · MC-158453 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

J & S CARTER LLC

7 power unitsavg 14.2 yrLocal · 2 statesNINETY SIX, SC94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-158453 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 0.0%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 — 3 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 7-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
7
Inspections · 24 mo
11
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
6measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.116 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 15 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 17 total · 1 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20214024
20191001
20151001
20101001
20091001
20081011
20041001
20001001
19991001
19971010
19961001
19951010
19941011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 29, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 23, 2021NC06Yes
Jun 30, 2021NC01Yes
Apr 13, 2021SC00Yes
Mar 11, 2021NC00Yes
Apr 5, 2019SC00Yes
Jan 19, 2015SC00Yes
Jun 7, 2010SC00Yes
Mar 12, 2009SC00Yes
Feb 6, 2008SC01Yes
Jun 29, 2004SC00Yes
Jun 20, 2000SC00Yes
Jul 2, 1999SC00Yes
Jul 28, 1997GA01No
Dec 16, 1996SC00Yes
Apr 1, 1995GA01No
Aug 1, 1994SC02Yes