Southeastern Food Merchandisers LP
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
59 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 8
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
- 109
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 60
- Annualized
- ≈30 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 2 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness4 · 4 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
28 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 58 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 2025 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2025 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 26, 2024 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 14, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 10, 2024 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 6, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 1, 2023 | AL | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 17, 2023 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2023 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 10, 2023 | AL | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 11, 2022 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 7, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 16, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2022 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 14, 2022 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 6, 2021 | AL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 22, 2020 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 21, 2020 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 25, 2020 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 28, 2019 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2019 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 21, 2019 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2019 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 26, 2019 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |