Carrier profile · USDOT 1209170 · MC-482163 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Southern Crane Service Inc

29 power unitsavg 11.5 yrRegional · 3 statesJACKSONVILLE, FL86/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-482163 ACTIVE
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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 62.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 23 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 10.5 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

23 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 3

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 29-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
29
Inspections · 24 mo
23
Annualized
≈12 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

33%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
79%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
96%
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 Driving34 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance31 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 16 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 9 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 40 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 22 total · 0 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231001
20224004
20213033
20203103
20192002
20181001
20172002
20151111
20131001
20121001
20112011
20071011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 16, 2023FL00Yes
Sep 2, 2022GA00Yes
Jun 16, 2022FL00Yes
May 26, 2022FL00Yes
Apr 29, 2022GA00Yes
Aug 18, 2021GA01Yes
Jun 21, 2021FL01Yes
May 26, 2021FL01Yes
Sep 30, 2020FL00Yes
Sep 13, 2020GA00Yes
Jun 30, 2020FL10Yes
Sep 10, 2019TX00Yes
Feb 25, 2019FL00Yes
Apr 24, 2018FL00Yes
Jun 28, 2017FL00Yes
May 10, 2017FL00Yes
Sep 18, 2015FL13Yes
Sep 15, 2013TX00Yes
Oct 26, 2012FL00Yes
Jul 26, 2011FL01No
May 21, 2011FL00Yes
Feb 24, 2007FL02Yes