Carrier profile · USDOT 350223 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Southco Distributing Company

29 power unitsavg 11.1 yrRegional · 5 statesGOLDSBORO, NC88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linkssouthcodistributing.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 9.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 21 vehicle and 69 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 19.0 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

69 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 5

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 29-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
29
Inspections · 24 mo
69
Annualized
≈35 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

54%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
15%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
17%
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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Sep 26, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 53 total · 3 in 24 mo

53
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20245024
20232012
20224014
20212002
20192012
20183022
20173003
20152112
20134024
20122022
20111001
20091001
20062002
20052012
20042012
20035034
20023023
20011011
20001001
19973023
19961001
19951011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 5, 2026NC01Yes
Dec 26, 2024SC00Yes
Nov 15, 2024NC00Yes
Aug 8, 2024NC01Yes
Jun 11, 2024NC02No
Mar 25, 2024SC00Yes
Jun 22, 2023NC00Yes
Feb 27, 2023NC01Yes
Oct 11, 2022NC00Yes
Oct 4, 2022NC00Yes
Jun 28, 2022NC00Yes
Mar 23, 2022SC01Yes
Apr 27, 2021NC00Yes
Mar 25, 2021NC00Yes
Dec 16, 2019NC00Yes
Feb 12, 2019SC01Yes
Nov 18, 2018NC09Yes
Aug 3, 2018NC00Yes
Apr 25, 2018NC01No
Oct 4, 2017NC00Yes
Aug 9, 2017SC00Yes
Apr 25, 2017NC00Yes
Oct 27, 2015NC00Yes
Apr 14, 2015NC12Yes
May 13, 2013NC00Yes