Carrier profile · USDOT 520844 · MC-244245 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Tommy Fussell Trucking Inc

12 power unitsavg 9.6 yrRegional · 3 statesMCRAE, GA81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-244245 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

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 33.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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

6 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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 12-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 12
Inspections · 24 mo: 6
Annualized: ≈3 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

11%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

85%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

10measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Sep 9, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 22 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2019	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2017	2	0	1	2
2016	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	1	1
2010	3	1	1	3
2008	1	0	1	1
2006	1	0	1	0
2005	2	0	2	2
2004	1	0	1	1
2003	1	0	1	1
2002	2	0	1	2
2001	2	0	0	2
2000	2	0	1	2
1997	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
May 15, 2019	GA	0	0	Yes
Oct 15, 2018	GA	0	0	Yes
Feb 15, 2017	SC	0	0	Yes
Jan 13, 2017	GA	0	2	Yes
Jan 20, 2016	GA	0	0	Yes
Oct 26, 2012	GA	0	2	Yes
Apr 1, 2010	GA	1	1	Yes
Mar 24, 2010	GA	0	0	Yes
Feb 17, 2010	NC	0	0	Yes
Feb 6, 2008	SC	0	1	Yes
Jun 8, 2006	GA	0	1	No
Nov 17, 2005	GA	0	1	Yes
Apr 2, 2005	SC	0	1	Yes
Apr 6, 2004	NC	0	1	Yes
Jun 30, 2003	SC	0	3	Yes
Jun 26, 2002	GA	0	1	Yes
May 23, 2002	FL	0	0	Yes
Sep 13, 2001	SC	0	0	Yes
May 21, 2001	SC	0	0	Yes
Sep 12, 2000	GA	0	1	Yes
Mar 19, 2000	GA	0	0	Yes
Jan 10, 1997	GA	0	0	Yes