Special Service Freight Company of the Carolinas Inc
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
47 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 6
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
- 85
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 48
- Annualized
- ≈24 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 2 OOS
- 376.11 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
- 392.4 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 3, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 39 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2025 | NC | 0 | 2 | No |
| Mar 4, 2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 29, 2024 | NC | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2024 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 8, 2023 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 11, 2023 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2019 | GA | 0 | 2 | No |
| Aug 10, 2018 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 3, 2016 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2016 | NC | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2016 | NC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 10, 2015 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 26, 2015 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2014 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 12, 2014 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 29, 2014 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 4, 2014 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 2, 2013 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 13, 2013 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2013 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 12, 2011 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 3, 2011 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |