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SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES LLC

DBA: SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES

DOT# 63419 MC# 111871 DUNS# 3793569 Lexington, SC Authorized For-Hire
(800) 637-7335 chris.reynolds@sefl.com 420 Davega Rd, Lexington SC 29073
3,177 power units · all owned 3,895 drivers 219M mi/yr · ~69k per unit
HazMat
Marginal
FRED Score 33.9 / 100
High confidence
52 yrs history · 1,937 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
3,177
Drivers · CDL
3,895 · 3,676
Annual miles
219M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 410 0 0 410
Tractors 2767 0 0 2767
Trailers 10379 0 0 10379

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (08-30-1995) · 31 yr old
Registered
06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-30-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
W.T. CASSELS
Officer
TOBIN CASSELS

Cargo

53.8
medium risk
Liquids/Gases General Freight Building Materials Paper Products Construction Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Expected crash rate is about 47% higher than similar fleets.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 500+ trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.6× as often as the median active fleet of 500+ trucks.

This motor carrier 1.47×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
96.5 vs 65.7 for similar fleets
Likely 74–120 crashes
This motor carrier
96.5
Similar fleets
65.7
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~92%
About 1.5× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Much worse than peers. 186 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 93 a year), including 8 fatal (8 deaths) and 73 with injuries; similar fleets have about 66 a year. The grade counts 318 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.30×, out-of-service orders 0.30× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.64× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -22%.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Fatal crashes
    8 crashes with 8 fatalities in 24 months (most recent Jul 18, 2026).
    Ask: the accident register and loss runs for these crashes.
  • Injury crashes
    73 crashes with 98 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Drivers put out of service
    7 out-of-service violations against drivers: 3 no valid CDL, 2 hazmat, 2 medical certificate (Nov 2024 – Sep 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 126 of 612 violations (21%). Light or brake defects led to 53 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Hazmat violations
    90 hazmat violations, 29 out of service.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 9.5% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.3% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 79% of inspections found no violations.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 36
  • Excessive speeding: 20

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
186
8 fatalities · 99 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
1,937
79% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
9.5%
115 of 1,212
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.3%
6 of 1,937
National avg 6.7%
Violations
612
128 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 500+ trucks in South Carolina (about 1942 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 226 inspections, 14 out of service 226 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 263 inspections, 14 out of service 263 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 258 inspections, 15 out of service 258 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 233 inspections, 6 out of service 233 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 198 inspections, 11 out of service 198 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 263 inspections, 16 out of service 263 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 284 inspections, 24 out of service 284 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 191 inspections, 19 out of service 191 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 21 inspections.
vs 437 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.028 0.022
Inspections 0.46 0.64
Violations 0.10 0.22
Critical violations 0.02 0.05

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 500+ power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

612 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    367 · 94 OOS
    Lights 126 · Brakes 122 · Tires 42 · Cargo securement 18 · Wheels & hubs 14 · 45 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    101 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 36 · Speeding 22 · Phone use 16 · Seat belt 13 · Other 14
  • Hours of service No alert
    47 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 38 · No log 8 · Over hours limit 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    7 · 5 OOS
    No valid CDL 4 · Medical certificate 3
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
  • Hazmat
    90 · 29 OOS
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Aug
    12
    2026
    Georgia
    Property damage only
    Daylight.
  • Aug
    4
    2026
    Georgia
    Property damage only
    Daylight. Hazmat released.
  • Jul
    29
    2026
    Georgia
    Property damage only
    Wet road, dark - lighted, rain, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jul
    23
    2026
    Georgia
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dark - lighted.
  • Jul
    18
    2026
    Florida
    Fatal · 1 death
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jul
    18
    2026
    South Carolina
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jul
    13
    2026
    South Carolina
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Jul
    2
    2026
    Tennessee
    Injury · 2 people hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Dec
    17
    2025
    Florida
    Fatal · 1 death
    Dawn, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
    In the news
    71-year-old man dies in crash on I-295 near Commonwealth Avenue
    News4JAX (WJXT) · Dec 17, 2025

    Why this link: FMCSA crash report FL2705864405 (FHP) lists SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES LLC’s truck in this crash. This third-party news report covers a crash with the same date, place and number of deaths, matched automatically. It may not name SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES LLC and doesn't establish fault. Wrong article?

  • Dec
    15
    2025
    Alabama
    Fatal · 1 death
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
    In the news
    Pedestrian Killed in Late-Night Interstate 20 Crash Near Pell City - WEIS
    WEIS Radio · Dec 19, 2025

    Why this link: FMCSA crash report AL0005735837 (ALDPS01G0) lists SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES LLC’s truck in this crash. This third-party news report covers a crash with the same date, place and number of deaths, matched automatically. It may not name SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES LLC and doesn't establish fault. Wrong article?

About “In the news”: these links go to third-party news reports that FRED Score matched automatically to FMCSA crash records — same date and place, with a truck or bus involved, and the same number of deaths or, for a crash that released hazardous materials, the release — and checked a second time before showing. A link doesn't mean this motor carrier caused the crash: FMCSA crash reports don't assign fault, and news coverage can be incomplete or wrong. FRED Score doesn't verify or endorse what the articles say.

176 more in the FMCSA records below.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
FMCSA self-insurance authority $1,000,000 since Jul 1, 2012
FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 1993
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Apr 7, 2026)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • North Carolina 285
  • Tennessee 280
  • Texas 243
  • Georgia 217
  • Florida 181
  • South Carolina (HQ) 168
  • Louisiana 113
  • Arkansas 94

Runs well beyond its home state: 168 of 1,937 inspections were in South Carolina.

Data sourced from FMCSA. The FRED Score is an analytical opinion and is not an FMCSA safety rating. Unless a motor carrier has received an Unsatisfactory safety rating under 49 CFR Part 385 or has otherwise been ordered to discontinue operations by FMCSA, it is authorized to operate. This information is provided for informational purposes only and should not be the sole basis for any decision. Report generated · fred-score.com/carrier/63419