Southland Express LLC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 3
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 26
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 30
- Annualized
- ≈15 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 41 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2025 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 30, 2025 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 31, 2023 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 19, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 27, 2021 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 21, 2021 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 18, 2021 | AR | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2021 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 6, 2020 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2020 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 7, 2018 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 26, 2018 | AL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 1, 2018 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2017 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 13, 2017 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 19, 2016 | TX | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jul 28, 2016 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 28, 2016 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 13, 2016 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 11, 2015 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2015 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2014 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 29, 2014 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 3, 2014 | AL | 0 | 1 | No |