Carrier profile · USDOT 322521 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Norfolk Southern Railway Company

DBA NORFOLK SOUTHERN

1,146 power unitsavg 8.4 yrNational · 22 statesATLANTA, GA88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linksnscorp.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 12.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 170 vehicle and 264 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.7% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

258 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 21

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 1,146-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
1,146
Inspections · 24 mo
284
Annualized
≈142 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
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 Driving109 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 5 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 11 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 5, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 245 total · 17 in 24 mo

245
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
13
Fatal
100
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266026
2025100610
20246025
2023121612
2022120312
20217117
20206025
201910149
2018160713
20171511015
2016140414
20155025
2014191819
2013132813
20127026
20116006
201012349
20096036
20086036
20079037
20068037
20056136
20044014
20036026
20025134
20012012
20003013
19994124
19972012
19964034
19952002
19941001
19891001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 1, 2026MD00Yes
May 19, 2026VA01Yes
May 10, 2026GA00Yes
Apr 2, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 30, 2026VA00Yes
Jan 14, 2026VA01Yes
Dec 10, 2025MO02Yes
Sep 15, 2025KY01Yes
Sep 4, 2025IN01Yes
Aug 13, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 29, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 4, 2025VA01Yes
May 20, 2025OH00Yes
Feb 4, 2025GA00Yes
Jan 18, 2025VA01Yes
Jan 8, 2025MD01Yes
Sep 25, 2024OH01No
Jul 6, 2024PA00Yes
Jun 25, 2024OH00Yes
Jun 10, 2024OH00Yes
Apr 2, 2024OH01Yes
Mar 13, 2024SC00Yes
Dec 19, 2023IL01Yes
Nov 16, 2023OH01Yes
Oct 23, 2023GA00Yes