Carrier profile · USDOT 273403 · MC-163871 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TVS INC

DBA DEEP SOUTH FREIGHT

109 power unitsavg 6 yrNational · 19 statesBIRMINGHAM, AL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-163871 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksdeepsouthfreight.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 37.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 83 vehicle and 196 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.3% · 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 16.5 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

187 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 15

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 109-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
109
Inspections · 24 mo
196
Annualized
≈98 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

70%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
56%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving80 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance35 · 27 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 14 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

40 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

25ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
9Drove over hours

8 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 103 total · 5 in 24 mo

103
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
42
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252002
20248017
20236046
20226016
20213033
20203013
20194031
20186035
20177137
20164014
20157057
20143012
20135034
20122002
20112012
20103003
20092022
20081001
20072002
20061011
20052002
20045005
20032012
20024024
20011011
20001001
19991100
19983013
19971001
19961010
19952012
19942012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 29, 2026AL01Yes
Dec 19, 2025AL00Yes
Apr 2, 2025AL00Yes
Dec 12, 2024SC00Yes
Aug 28, 2024TN00Yes
Jun 28, 2024AL02No
Jun 17, 2024AL00Yes
May 18, 2024MS00Yes
May 17, 2024MS00Yes
Jan 24, 2024GA00Yes
Jan 23, 2024GA00Yes
Dec 5, 2023AL00Yes
Jul 11, 2023AL01Yes
Apr 21, 2023FL00Yes
Apr 20, 2023AL02Yes
Mar 22, 2023SC03Yes
Mar 13, 2023GA02Yes
Dec 15, 2022GA00Yes
Nov 7, 2022TN01Yes
Sep 15, 2022GA00Yes
Aug 6, 2022TX00Yes
Jun 7, 2022TX00Yes
Feb 3, 2022AL00Yes
Nov 4, 2021GA02Yes
Oct 8, 2021LA02Yes