Southerland Transport 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 Mar '25 · 10
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
- 38
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 122
- Annualized
- ≈61 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.6 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 Driving31 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 5 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
6 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 44 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2026 | TN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2025 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 22, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2024 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 24, 2023 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 22, 2023 | TN | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Sep 21, 2021 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2021 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 21, 2021 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 1, 2021 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2020 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2020 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2020 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2020 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2020 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 12, 2019 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 16, 2019 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2019 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 29, 2018 | NC | 4 | 8 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2018 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2017 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 25, 2017 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2016 | KY | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 29, 2016 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |