Sojourner Trucking 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
120 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '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
- 55
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 125
- Annualized
- ≈63 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.1 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 Driving61 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance37 · 13 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 11 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 6 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance13 · 3 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
53 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
9 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 108 total · 11 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 3, 2025 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 9, 2025 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 4, 2025 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 22, 2025 | MS | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 12, 2025 | MS | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Apr 21, 2025 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 2025 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 13, 2025 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2024 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 20, 2024 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 14, 2024 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2024 | MS | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 5, 2024 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 25, 2023 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 26, 2023 | LA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 22, 2023 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 24, 2022 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 19, 2022 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 1, 2022 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2022 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2022 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 21, 2021 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2021 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |