SAVANNAH DISTRIBUTING CO INC
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
48 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 4
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
- 155
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 55
- Annualized
- ≈28 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness6 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 376.11 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 93 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 16 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2026 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 8, 2025 | GA | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Aug 20, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 19, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 7, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 10, 2019 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2019 | GA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 4, 2019 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2018 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2018 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 30, 2017 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 24, 2017 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 3, 2017 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 30, 2014 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 5, 2010 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2004 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |