Carrier profile · USDOT 1555438 · MC-606889 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Pearson Trucking LLC of Charleston

5 power unitsavg 4.6 yrLocal · 1 statesNORTH CHARLESTON, SC56/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-606889 INACTIVE
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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-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 50.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 0 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 1

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 5-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
5
Inspections · 24 mo
8
Annualized
≈4 / 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
98%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
clean · 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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 13 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 14 total · 1 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20231001
20221011
20201001
20182012
20171001
20151001
20131001
20122002
20102011
20061010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 25, 2025SC00Yes
Sep 15, 2023SC00Yes
Oct 25, 2022SC01Yes
Oct 23, 2020GA00Yes
Oct 1, 2018SC01Yes
May 24, 2018SC00Yes
Sep 21, 2017SC00Yes
Dec 23, 2015NC00Yes
Sep 23, 2013SC00Yes
Jul 24, 2012SC00Yes
Apr 26, 2012SC00Yes
Jan 27, 2010SC02No
Jan 13, 2010AL00Yes
Oct 30, 2006SC01No