Carrier profile · USDOT 229354 · MC-162239 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Salem Carriers Inc

317 power unitsavg 10.2 yrNational · 19 statesWINSTON SALEM, NC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-162239 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkssalemcorp.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 11.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 215 vehicle and 536 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 3.1 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

527 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 37

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 317-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
317
Inspections · 24 mo
536
Annualized
≈268 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
33%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
15%
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 Driving68 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 25 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 8 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

66 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

53ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 51% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 496 total · 15 in 24 mo

496
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
24
Fatal
250
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265244
20258107
20244024
20237146
2022120612
20211611114
2020142714
20192211219
2018210921
2017190718
2016221922
2015220822
2014130412
20138048
20128066
20117037
20107125
20099139
2008110310
20075035
20069149
20056046
20048048
2003112510
20027057
2001170616
2000140812
19992201422
19984122439
19973842437
19963912535
19952321122
1994121511
19935025
19922011
19911001
19901010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 2, 2026FL01No
Jun 13, 2026MS01Yes
May 22, 2026NC01Yes
May 9, 2026NC10Yes
Jan 7, 2026NC11Yes
Oct 13, 2025WV00Yes
Sep 11, 2025NC10No
Aug 11, 2025NC00Yes
Jun 3, 2025NC00Yes
Apr 15, 2025VA00Yes
Feb 18, 2025NC00Yes
Jan 28, 2025SC00Yes
Jan 16, 2025NC00Yes
Dec 9, 2024NC00Yes
Dec 3, 2024NC01Yes
Jul 31, 2024TX01Yes
Jun 26, 2024MS00Yes
Dec 19, 2023NC00Yes
Nov 29, 2023NC01Yes
Oct 28, 2023NC11Yes
Jul 17, 2023SC00Yes
Jun 8, 2023GA01Yes
May 16, 2023VA00Yes
Mar 10, 2023MS01No
Dec 27, 2022NC00Yes