Carrier profile · USDOT 1136241 · MC-461775 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Southern Christian Transportation Inc

14 power unitsavg 15.5 yrMulti-region · 13 statesPEMBROKE, NC68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-461775 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 39.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 23 vehicle and 44 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 4.0 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

44 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 4

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 14-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
14
Inspections · 24 mo
44
Annualized
≈22 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

37%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
85%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
44%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
71%
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
7False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 43 total · 2 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20233032
20225025
20211001
20202012
20191011
20187037
20171011
20154034
20142002
20134014
20121011
20112012
20101001
20091011
20084124
20072002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 16, 2025MD00Yes
Oct 16, 2024PA00Yes
Dec 7, 2023NC02Yes
Aug 17, 2023SC03No
Jul 14, 2023WV01Yes
Dec 23, 2022NC01Yes
Dec 21, 2022WV00Yes
Sep 8, 2022NC00Yes
Jul 8, 2022NJ01Yes
Jul 8, 2022NC00Yes
Nov 18, 2021NJ00Yes
Nov 20, 2020NC02Yes
May 12, 2020NC00Yes
Sep 26, 2019VA01Yes
Nov 15, 2018NJ00Yes
Aug 22, 2018NY01Yes
May 6, 2018SC00Yes
Apr 18, 2018NC00Yes
Mar 6, 2018VA01Yes
Feb 23, 2018NC01Yes
Feb 7, 2018VA00Yes
Jan 30, 2017PA02Yes
Dec 14, 2015NY01Yes
May 21, 2015NC01Yes
Apr 21, 2015MD01Yes