Carrier profile · USDOT 385176 · MC-211865 · Updated Jul 8, 2026

New South Express Inc

170 power unitsavg 5.1 yrMulti-region · 9 statesMYRTLE BEACH, SC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-211865 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 16.0%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 — 119 vehicle and 368 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.7% · 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 4.4 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

359 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 26

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
1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 170-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
170
Inspections · 24 mo
368
Annualized
184 / yr
Coverage
1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

20%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
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 Driving76 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 11 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 8 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.118 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

21ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 81% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 127 total · 17 in 24 mo

127
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
67
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265135
20257057
2024150815
2023110411
20227157
20218048
20207017
20195044
20186035
20173023
20162002
20156026
20143023
20133013
20122011
20115024
20101011
20093032
20081001
20071011
20053013
20047146
20031111
20022011
20011011
20003013
19992002
19982122
19973033
19961001
19951010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 10, 2026SC12Yes
May 7, 2026AL01Yes
Mar 11, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 13, 2026SC00Yes
Jan 10, 2026SC01Yes
Sep 5, 2025GA02Yes
Jul 31, 2025GA01Yes
Jul 9, 2025AL00Yes
Feb 4, 2025LA01Yes
Feb 3, 2025LA00Yes
Jan 30, 2025LA01Yes
Jan 21, 2025SC01Yes
Dec 12, 2024GA00Yes
Dec 11, 2024SC00Yes
Nov 7, 2024SC01Yes
Oct 17, 2024SC02Yes
Aug 29, 2024GA00Yes
Aug 10, 2024SC00Yes
Jun 20, 2024LA03Yes
Jun 17, 2024TX01Yes
Jun 11, 2024SC01Yes
May 21, 2024LA00Yes
May 10, 2024NC03Yes
Mar 6, 2024GA02Yes
Feb 14, 2024FL00Yes