Carrier profile · USDOT 450770 · MC-220471 · Updated Aug 7, 2026

Southern Ag Carrier's Inc

180 power unitsavg 9.9 yrMulti-region · 14 statesALBANY, GA74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-220471 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 42.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 98 vehicle and 273 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

52.0% · 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 4.5 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

263 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 21

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 180-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
180
Inspections · 24 mo
273
Annualized
≈137 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

80%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
84%
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 Driving180 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance82 · 26 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance44 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 32 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance30 · 8 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 11 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

117 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

94ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
6False logs
14Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 299 total · 13 in 24 mo

299
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
10
Fatal
133
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20258038
20249138
2023110310
20229149
2021170915
2020130413
20195025
2018120612
2017142414
2016171817
2015120712
2014120512
2013110311
2012120611
20119039
20108027
20095025
20089069
20072012
20064023
20057056
20048027
20038036
2002131512
20017045
20009168
19997036
19986145
1997122612
1996120511
19953023
19945034
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 30, 2026GA01Yes
Feb 10, 2026GA01Yes
Jan 20, 2026KY00Yes
Sep 24, 2025AR00Yes
Sep 3, 2025FL00Yes
Aug 13, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 17, 2025GA02Yes
May 28, 2025GA00Yes
Mar 28, 2025GA01Yes
Feb 3, 2025GA02Yes
Jan 6, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 17, 2024NJ00Yes
Aug 28, 2024FL10No
Aug 2, 2024SC00Yes
Jul 16, 2024NC00Yes
Jun 18, 2024TN00Yes
May 10, 2024GA01Yes
Apr 3, 2024FL02Yes
Mar 17, 2024GA01Yes
Jan 24, 2024VA00Yes
Nov 7, 2023AL00Yes
Sep 11, 2023FL00Yes
Jul 27, 2023GA00Yes
Jul 7, 2023NC01Yes
Jun 14, 2023GA00Yes