Carrier profile · USDOT 142116 · MC-115176 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Swing Transport Inc

160 power unitsavg 7.3 yrMulti-region · 9 statesSALISBURY, NC81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-115176 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksswingtransport.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 27.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 144 vehicle and 345 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.4% · 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 7.2 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

333 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 29

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 160-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
160
Inspections · 24 mo
345
Annualized
≈173 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

36%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
47%
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 Driving64 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance47 · 42 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 21 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 9, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

5 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 225 total · 13 in 24 mo

225
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
115
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20259018
20246046
20235025
20226046
20215035
20207027
20195015
2018100210
20175045
2016100510
20157026
20148128
20136046
20126126
20118055
20104033
20095053
20088046
20076136
2006100410
20056156
20047045
2003130711
20027036
20013033
20002002
19999048
19984034
1997120712
19969068
19957047
19948167
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 15, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 16, 2026SC01Yes
Dec 17, 2025TN00Yes
Nov 5, 2025NC00Yes
Aug 12, 2025NC00Yes
Jul 24, 2025NC02No
Jun 20, 2025SC00Yes
May 27, 2025SC00Yes
Feb 3, 2025TN00Yes
Jan 29, 2025NC00Yes
Jan 17, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 12, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 21, 2024TN01Yes
Jul 1, 2024NC01Yes
Jun 12, 2024NC01Yes
May 3, 2024SC00Yes
Feb 28, 2024VA01Yes
Sep 8, 2023NC00Yes
Jun 20, 2023GA00Yes
Jun 9, 2023NC01Yes
Apr 4, 2023SC02Yes
Mar 14, 2023NC00Yes
Dec 27, 2022NC00Yes
Sep 30, 2022NC00Yes
Sep 13, 2022VA02Yes