Carrier profile · USDOT 326869 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

American Electric Power Service Corporation

DBA AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER

835 power unitsavg 6.7 yrRegional · 6 statesCOLUMBUS, OH100/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 12.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 31 vehicle and 39 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 4.7 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

36 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 4

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

≈0.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 835-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: 835
Inspections · 24 mo: 39
Annualized: ≈20 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

.03measure

SMS · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

69%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

22%

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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 57 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 16 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2022	2	1	2	2
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	1	1
2017	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	1	0
2015	5	1	2	3
2013	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	0	1
2011	1	0	0	1
1999	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 19, 2022	VA	0	1	Yes
Feb 21, 2022	VA	1	1	Yes
Dec 7, 2020	OH	0	0	Yes
Jun 6, 2019	OH	0	0	Yes
Mar 6, 2018	VA	0	2	Yes
May 25, 2017	OH	0	0	Yes
Apr 5, 2016	OH	0	1	No
Dec 9, 2015	OH	0	0	Yes
Aug 25, 2015	OH	0	1	No
Feb 25, 2015	OH	0	3	No
Feb 15, 2015	WV	0	0	Yes
Jan 30, 2015	OH	1	0	Yes
Jan 22, 2013	OH	0	0	Yes
Mar 9, 2012	OH	0	0	Yes
Dec 6, 2011	OH	0	0	Yes
Feb 12, 1999	OH	0	0	Yes