Carrier profile · USDOT 2528448 · MC-1387412 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Meridian Waste North Carolina LLC

96 power unitsavg 7.5 yrLocal · 2 statesRALEIGH, NC87/100
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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 24.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 61 vehicle and 131 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 14.3 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

125 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 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
≈0.7 / 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
131
Annualized
≈66 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

7%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 10 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 201 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 23 total · 15 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266045
20255044
20248058
20231011
20222002
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 6, 2026NC00Yes
Jul 21, 2026NC00Yes
Jun 11, 2026NC01Yes
Mar 9, 2026NC02Yes
Feb 16, 2026NC01No
Feb 16, 2026NC01Yes
Dec 11, 2025NC00Yes
Sep 30, 2025NC01Yes
Jun 11, 2025NC01Yes
May 30, 2025NC01No
Mar 12, 2025NC01Yes
Dec 13, 2024NC01Yes
Sep 24, 2024NC01Yes
Sep 17, 2024NC00Yes
Sep 12, 2024NC01Yes
Jun 24, 2024NC01Yes
Jun 20, 2024VA00Yes
Jun 11, 2024NC02Yes
Mar 22, 2024NC00Yes
Jan 19, 2023NC01Yes
Oct 21, 2022NC00Yes
May 17, 2022NC00Yes
Apr 26, 2017NC00Yes