Carrier profile · USDOT 2216455 · MC-270872 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Southern Freight Services Inc of Morristown

DBA SOUTHERN FREIGHT SERVICES INC

58 power unitsavg 3.7 yrMulti-region · 15 statesMORRISTOWN, TN94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-270872 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 16.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 48 vehicle and 125 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 2.1 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

123 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 9

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 58-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
58
Inspections · 24 mo
125
Annualized
≈63 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

80%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
51%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
23%
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 Driving55 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 12 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
4Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 42 total · 4 in 24 mo

42
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20248048
20235015
20226026
20214024
20203013
20192002
20184014
20175025
20153023
20141011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 31, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 16, 2024NC01Yes
Oct 18, 2024NC01Yes
Sep 13, 2024TN00Yes
May 20, 2024TN00Yes
Apr 15, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 8, 2024KY00Yes
Feb 15, 2024NC01Yes
Feb 9, 2024TN01Yes
Oct 8, 2023SC00Yes
Oct 5, 2023SC02Yes
Sep 23, 2023TN00Yes
Aug 1, 2023VA00Yes
Mar 9, 2023MO00Yes
Mar 30, 2022IN01Yes
Mar 3, 2022IN00Yes
Feb 23, 2022KY01Yes
Feb 3, 2022WV00Yes
Feb 3, 2022TX00Yes
Jan 18, 2022NC00Yes
Nov 12, 2021MO00Yes
Sep 15, 2021VA01Yes
Aug 31, 2021KY00Yes
Jul 10, 2021OK02Yes
Dec 16, 2020PA00Yes