Carrier profile · USDOT 2458559 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

B E Singleton and Sons Inc

10 power unitsavg 8.6 yrLocal · 1 statesWASHINGTON, NC88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksbesingleton.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 19.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 46 vehicle and 92 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 3.6 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

92 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 9

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈4.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
10
Inspections · 24 mo
92
Annualized
≈46 / yr
Coverage
≈4.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.51 Brake warning devicesVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 142 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 13 total · 1 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20232022
20222012
20202011
20191001
20183211
20161001
20151011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 13, 2025NC00Yes
Nov 21, 2023NC02Yes
May 10, 2023NC03Yes
Mar 28, 2022NC01Yes
Feb 7, 2022NC00Yes
Oct 29, 2020NC00Yes
Mar 27, 2020NC01No
Jan 8, 2019NC00Yes
Dec 6, 2018NC01Yes
Nov 19, 2018NC10No
Nov 19, 2018NC10No
Jul 21, 2016NC00Yes
May 27, 2015NC02Yes