Carrier profile · USDOT 784599 · MC-350578 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Southern Haulers LLC

197 power unitsavg 7.7 yrMulti-region · 10 statesYOUNGSTOWN, OH81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-350578 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 24.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 154 vehicle and 276 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.5% · 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 3.3 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

262 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 18

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 197-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
197
Inspections · 24 mo
276
Annualized
≈138 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
65%
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 Driving97 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance57 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance42 · 36 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 6 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 7 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

45 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

40ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 164 total · 9 in 24 mo

164
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
70
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20255034
202411039
20237147
20229129
2021110511
20208027
20199029
20187046
20178028
20164014
20154024
20146026
20136046
20122002
20118057
20102112
20094014
20082022
20078028
20062022
20052002
20047037
20031001
20027047
20015025
20007055
19999058
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 28, 2026AL01Yes
Apr 16, 2026AL01Yes
Apr 6, 2026AL00Yes
Sep 16, 2025SC00Yes
Aug 4, 2025AL01No
Jun 17, 2025TN02Yes
Mar 31, 2025AL01Yes
Jan 9, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 6, 2024FL00Yes
Jun 20, 2024MS00Yes
Jun 8, 2024AL01Yes
May 15, 2024AL01No
May 13, 2024AL00Yes
Apr 4, 2024GA00Yes
Apr 1, 2024AL00Yes
Mar 27, 2024AL00Yes
Mar 25, 2024AL01No
Feb 28, 2024SC00Yes
Jan 19, 2024OH00Yes
Sep 26, 2023MS01Yes
Sep 22, 2023AL00Yes
Jul 12, 2023AL01Yes
May 1, 2023AL12Yes
Apr 28, 2023AL00Yes
Mar 17, 2023AL00Yes