Carrier profile · USDOT 311711 · MC-199727 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Southland Transportation Company

DBA SOUTHLAND TRANSPORTATION

188 power unitsavg 7 yrNational · 21 statesBOONVILLE, NC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-199727 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkssltrans.comFMCSA SAFER

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 18.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 164 vehicle and 382 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.4% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

367 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 23

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 188-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
188
Inspections · 24 mo
382
Annualized
≈191 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

49%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.05measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving107 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance42 · 41 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

35 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
2False logs
9Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 177 total · 14 in 24 mo

177
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
75
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20258028
202410128
2023130311
20229039
20211711215
20205015
20195014
20187036
20175035
20169068
20152002
20143013
20132002
20121001
20094004
20082002
20073023
20064034
20057017
20043013
2003111510
20024033
20016134
20002021
19998055
19988038
19975035
19962012
19953021
19944033
19932011
19921000
19911001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 6, 2026OH00Yes
Dec 8, 2025KS00Yes
Nov 13, 2025GA00Yes
Aug 26, 2025IN01Yes
Aug 1, 2025OH00Yes
Jul 21, 2025TN01Yes
May 16, 2025OH00Yes
Apr 27, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 7, 2025KY00Yes
Sep 30, 2024NC00Yes
Sep 20, 2024NC00Yes
Aug 30, 2024WV10No
Aug 27, 2024AR00Yes
Aug 19, 2024VA00Yes
Jul 26, 2024TX00Yes
May 2, 2024VA01Yes
Apr 24, 2024OH01No
Apr 11, 2024VA00Yes
Mar 18, 2024VA00Yes
Dec 14, 2023VA00Yes
Oct 31, 2023TN00Yes
Aug 31, 2023NC01No
Aug 21, 2023NC00Yes
Jul 27, 2023VA00Yes
May 31, 2023MD00Yes