SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES Truck Accidents — What the Federal Record Shows
SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES trucks were involved in 183 federally reported crashes in the past two years (since Jul 2024) — 7 of them fatal.
225
Crashes on record
Jun 2026
Most recent crash
7
Fatal crashes
Not on file
Liability insurance on file
183
Crashes · past 2 years
7
Fatal · past 2 years
SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES has more crashes on record than 3 in 4 fleets this size with crash records. The most recent fatal crash falls within the past six months.
SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES LLC · USDOT 63419 · Lexington, SC · 3,177 power units · large fleet
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What crashes are on SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES's federal record?
7 of the crashes on this record were fatal.
| Date | State | Severity | Deaths | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2026 | NC | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2026 | TN | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 11, 2026 | TN | Severe injury | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 11, 2026 | OK | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 10, 2026 | NC | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 9, 2026 | AL | Severe injury | 0 | 2 | No |
| May 27, 2026 | TN | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 26, 2026 | TX | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 14, 2026 | NC | Severe injury | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 13, 2026 | GA | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 6, 2026 | KY | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 4, 2026 | GA | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 30, 2026 | TN | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 17, 2026 | OK | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2026 | TX | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 15, 2026 | GA | Severe injury | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2026 | FL | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 9, 2026 | MS | Severe injury | 0 | 3 | No |
| Apr 8, 2026 | TN | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 8, 2026 | OK | Severe injury | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 6, 2026 | SC | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 19, 2026 | SC | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2026 | GA | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2026 | OK | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 6, 2026 | TX | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 5, 2026 | NC | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 4, 2026 | GA | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 28, 2026 | GA | Fatal | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 26, 2026 | TX | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 25, 2026 | AL | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2026 | FL | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2026 | TX | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2026 | NC | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2026 | TX | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2026 | LA | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2026 | AR | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2026 | AL | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2026 | GA | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2026 | GA | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2026 | GA | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 7, 2026 | LA | Severe injury | 0 | 4 | No |
| Dec 30, 2025 | GA | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 17, 2025 | FL | Fatal | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2025 | NC | Severe injury | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2025 | AL | Fatal | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 9, 2025 | GA | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 5, 2025 | TN | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 3, 2025 | GA | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2025 | TX | Property damage | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2025 | TX | Injury | 0 | 1 | Yes |
Showing the 50 most recent of 225 matching rows.
Why these columns: a crash enters the federal file only when it involved a death, an injury taken for immediate medical care, or a vehicle towed disabled from the scene — the federal reportable-crash threshold. Property-damage-only crashes below that threshold are not in this record.
Who insures SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES trucks — and for how much?
No active liability insurance filing is on record with federal regulators for SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES.
Filed Liability Limit
Not on file
Primary Insurer
—
ACTIVE FILINGS (ALL TYPES): 0 | SELF-INSURED: No
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How often do SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES trucks fail safety inspections?
Vehicle Out-of-Service (OOS) Rate
CARRIER: 5.7% | NATL AVG: 14.5%
Driver Out-of-Service (OOS) Rate
CARRIER: 0.2% | NATL AVG: 6.2%
At or below the national average (▸ marker).
What these records mean if you were injured
Fleet-wide averages don't decide individual cases. Liability turns on what this specific driver, dispatcher, and truck's logs show in the hours before your crash.
Across 1933 federal inspections in the past two years, SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES's vehicle out-of-service rate (5.7%) places below the median of comparable high-inspection-volume carriers with crash records.
No active liability filing on federal record — this matters for any claim.
In North Carolina, a personal-injury lawsuit must generally be filed within 3 years of the crash.
For the most recent crash on this record, that general window runs to about Jun 2029.
For a death, the deadline generally runs from the date of death, not the crash date — FMCSA counts a death within 30 days of the crash as a crash fatality.
There are exceptions — which ones apply to your case is a lawyer's job.
What to do if you were injured in a SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES crash
Federal records document crashes; they don't assign fault — fault is established by investigation, police reports, and litigation.
The carrier named here may not be the only responsible party — brokers, shippers, and manufacturers sit outside this record, each on their own clock.
Federal driver-log retention for this crash: expires Dec 2026.
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USDOT 63419 · Southeastern Freight Lines LLC
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Institutional appendix · technical record & compliance
Federal violation record — 375 violations recorded in the trailing 24-month inspection window. Source: FMCSA SMS BASIC.
Night-driving crash pattern
The Safeny Night-Driving Pattern: Of 194 documented crashes in the past 5 years, 80 occurred in dark conditions. This represents a 41.2% dark-condition share, which is statistically distinct (p<0.001) from the national FMCSA baseline of 25.7%.
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