Carrier profile · USDOT 111120 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Appalachian Power Company

DBA AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER

624 power unitsavg 6.6 yrRegional · 5 statesPIKEVILLE, KY88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
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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 4.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 21 vehicle and 32 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 13.4 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

31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 3

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 624-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
624
Inspections · 24 mo
32
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
.07measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
5%
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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 387.301 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 49 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 33 total · 4 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20243013
20222002
20212002
20201011
20181011
20172012
20154014
20111001
20102012
20093232
20074032
20063003
20051010
20031011
20021001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 4, 2025VA00Yes
Jan 4, 2025VA00Yes
Dec 12, 2024VA01Yes
Sep 29, 2024VA00Yes
Jan 31, 2024WV00Yes
Jul 5, 2022VA00Yes
May 18, 2022VA00Yes
May 4, 2021VA00Yes
May 4, 2021VA00Yes
Oct 26, 2020WV01Yes
Mar 2, 2018VA01Yes
Jul 20, 2017TN04Yes
Mar 4, 2017VA00Yes
Dec 7, 2015VA03Yes
Mar 25, 2015WV00Yes
Feb 25, 2015WV00Yes
Jan 27, 2015WV00Yes
Aug 25, 2011KY00Yes
Jun 5, 2010VA00Yes
May 5, 2010VA03Yes
Apr 14, 2009VA01No
Mar 18, 2009VA14Yes
Mar 18, 2009VA13Yes
Sep 17, 2007VA00Yes
Sep 11, 2007VA01Yes