SUNBELT FURNITURE XPRESS INC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 13.7% (24-mo)285 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4% (24-mo)650 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

9.5% now● Stable

Holding near 9.5% — under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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 258-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
258
Inspections · 24 mo
650
Annualized
325 / yr
Coverage
1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
21%
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 Driving74
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance42 · 41 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance25
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance21 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6

ELD & hours-of-service

64 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 06/09/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

31ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
9False logs
21Drove over hours

Trending worse — 87% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 286 total · 13 in 24 mo

286
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
130
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
20255005
2024121510
20236006
20225135
20219049
2020120311
20198118
2018170816
2017211721
201610069
20151811318
20149049
20139018
20127026
20115035
20104023
20098038
2008140813
200710039
20069029
20056136
20044024
20033022
20027056
20015035
2000112910
199911089
19985025
19979078
19965035
19956046
19944014
19933113
19924014
19901000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
07/13/2026NC00Yes
04/26/2026KY00Yes
04/08/2026NC01Yes
02/20/2026NE00Yes
11/04/2025LA00Yes
07/24/2025TN00Yes
05/29/2025SC00Yes
02/28/2025FL00Yes
01/28/2025SC00Yes
12/03/2024FL01No
11/19/2024NC02Yes
08/15/2024AL00Yes
07/28/2024TX00Yes
06/25/2024VA00Yes
05/08/2024IN00Yes
04/30/2024CA00Yes
04/25/2024NC00Yes
04/22/2024GA01No
04/14/2024NC11Yes
02/11/2024GA00Yes
01/11/2024MS04Yes
11/02/2023TX00Yes
10/18/2023FL00Yes
06/01/2023WA00Yes
03/29/2023AL00Yes