Carrier profile · USDOT 3306210 · MC-1049407 · Updated Jul 12, 2026

Southern Specialty Freight LLC

DBA SOUTHERN SPECIALTY

72 power unitsavg 7.9 yrNational · 34 statesDICKSON, TN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1049407 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 42.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 112 vehicle and 194 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

45.9% · 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 3.2 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

185 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 14

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 72-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
72
Inspections · 24 mo
194
Annualized
≈97 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
98%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
91%
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.

  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance80 · 19 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving78 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance75 · 12 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance45 · 16 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 7 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance26 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance21 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

141 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

33ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
61False logs
26Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 6 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20254004
20242002
20231001
20223023
20211001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 29, 2026OH00Yes
Aug 12, 2025MO00Yes
Jun 25, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 1, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 22, 2025AL00Yes
Aug 30, 2024OK00Yes
Apr 3, 2024LA00Yes
Jul 13, 2023TX00Yes
Nov 29, 2022IL01Yes
Oct 28, 2022CA01Yes
Jan 31, 2022TX00Yes
Sep 2, 2021TX00Yes