Carrier profile · USDOT 580726 · MC-282339 · Updated Jul 17, 2026

Stephens Carriers Inc

13 power unitsavg 10 yrMulti-region · 13 statesHENDERSONVILLE, TN94/100
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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 9.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 19 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 20.8 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

19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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 13-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
19
Annualized
≈10 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
18%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
19%
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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 24, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 29 total · 2 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252011
20241001
20231001
20222022
20201001
20191001
20181001
20173022
20161011
20152012
20132012
20122012
20101001
20083003
20061001
20051001
20041001
20012012
19961011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 18, 2025AR02No
Oct 6, 2025MO00Yes
Jul 25, 2024TN00Yes
May 20, 2023OK00Yes
Sep 26, 2022TN01Yes
Aug 20, 2022NM02Yes
Mar 6, 2020TN00Yes
Jul 27, 2019NM00Yes
Apr 25, 2018NC00Yes
May 9, 2017TN01Yes
Jan 30, 2017AL00Yes
Jan 21, 2017TX02No
Oct 17, 2016TN02Yes
Dec 4, 2015NC01Yes
Jun 25, 2015IN00Yes
Jun 11, 2013AR00Yes
Jun 10, 2013NC03Yes
Dec 26, 2012AR01Yes
Mar 28, 2012TN00Yes
Jan 30, 2010AR00Yes
Oct 30, 2008CA00Yes
Oct 26, 2008TN00Yes
Feb 15, 2008TN00Yes
May 21, 2006AR00Yes
May 11, 2005MO00Yes