Carrier profile · USDOT 272134 · MC-191696 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

South East Carriers Inc

204 power unitsavg 6.6 yrNational · 28 statesLAWRENCEBURG, TN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-191696 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkssoutheastcarriers.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 23.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 162 vehicle and 379 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.4% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 1.7 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

377 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 27

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 204-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
204
Inspections · 24 mo
379
Annualized
≈190 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
76%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
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 Driving138 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 6 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 19 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance17 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 5 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 7 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

64 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

39ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
4False logs
17Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 239 total · 12 in 24 mo

239
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
98
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264024
20257037
20244014
20233013
20225015
20215125
2020101310
20199149
20187036
20179139
20165115
2015140614
2014110611
20137027
2012110410
20118057
2010110311
200910068
20088028
200711159
20068018
2005122312
20045034
20032012
20023022
200111169
20002022
19993022
199810069
19972002
1996100410
19954014
19944034
19932012
19901001
19891001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 23, 2026KY01Yes
Mar 15, 2026WI01Yes
Mar 2, 2026OK00Yes
Feb 13, 2026AL00Yes
Dec 19, 2025KY01Yes
Sep 17, 2025LA00Yes
Jul 18, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 9, 2025KY00Yes
May 14, 2025TN01Yes
Apr 9, 2025TN00Yes
Jan 28, 2025FL01Yes
Nov 22, 2024OK00Yes
Aug 6, 2024AZ00Yes
Jun 6, 2024MI00Yes
Apr 6, 2024AZ01Yes
Oct 12, 2023TN00Yes
Apr 10, 2023FL00Yes
Feb 27, 2023MI01Yes
Apr 8, 2022IL00Yes
Mar 12, 2022TN00Yes
Feb 21, 2022TX00Yes
Jan 27, 2022TX01Yes
Jan 2, 2022GA00Yes
Dec 28, 2021AL12Yes
Nov 9, 2021FL00Yes