Patten Seed Company LLC
DBA SUPER-SOD
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
117 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 11
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 95
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 122
- Annualized
- ≈61 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving67 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 6 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 17 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
- 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 175 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 50 total · 10 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 5, 2026 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 15, 2026 | TN | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 29, 2025 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 8, 2025 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 15, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 21, 2025 | SC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2025 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 10, 2024 | GA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Nov 22, 2024 | TN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2024 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2023 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 10, 2023 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 9, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 18, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2023 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2022 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 17, 2021 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 13, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2021 | SC | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| May 15, 2020 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 1, 2020 | SC | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jan 8, 2019 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 2018 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |