Carrier profile · USDOT 1264210 · MC-494319 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Southern Delivery Inc

DBA SOUTHERN DELIVERY

3 power unitsavg 17.8 yrRegional · 4 statesCOLUMBIA, SC74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-494319 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 17.2 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 2

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
1.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
3
Inspections · 24 mo
10
Annualized
5 / yr
Coverage
1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
2%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
63%
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.

  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 22, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 43 total · 1 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
22
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242012
20231011
20222012
20212012
20201010
20196026
20181011
20176026
20161011
20153123
20141001
20132102
20124014
20111001
20104032
20093033
20081011
20071001
20051011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 21, 2024GA01Yes
Feb 11, 2024MS00Yes
Sep 12, 2023SC01Yes
Dec 28, 2022FL03Yes
Nov 1, 2022FL00Yes
Oct 19, 2021NC00Yes
Oct 4, 2021SC01Yes
Feb 3, 2020MT01No
Nov 22, 2019KY00Yes
Sep 14, 2019NC00Yes
Sep 6, 2019NC00Yes
Aug 5, 2019TX00Yes
Jul 8, 2019SC02Yes
Apr 4, 2019AL01Yes
Aug 30, 2018TN01Yes
Oct 18, 2017MS00Yes
Sep 7, 2017SC00Yes
Aug 30, 2017NC00Yes
Mar 24, 2017TN02Yes
Jan 24, 2017SC00Yes
Jan 10, 2017SC01Yes
Jan 15, 2016SC01Yes
Oct 29, 2015NC02Yes
Sep 8, 2015SC12Yes
Jul 2, 2015SC00Yes