Carrier profile · USDOT 63366 · MC-145794 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Ards Trucking Company Inc

DBA ARD

220 power unitsavg 6.2 yrNational · 30 statesTIMMONSVILLE, SC81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-145794 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksardtrucking.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 26.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 183 vehicle and 512 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.0% · 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 13.9 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

498 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 34

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 220-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
220
Inspections · 24 mo
512
Annualized
≈256 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
21%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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 Driving154 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 42 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance41 · 15 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance39 · 11 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

54 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

49ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 198 total · 14 in 24 mo

198
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
82
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20258028
2024100210
20234014
20224013
20215043
2020101310
20199029
20189038
20174014
20167017
20155035
20144114
20135025
20128138
20119156
20104033
2009120512
20087016
20074014
20068136
20058155
20049159
2003110411
2002100610
20016145
20002022
19993023
19982012
19964023
19952002
19941011
19901010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 25, 2026GA01Yes
Apr 6, 2026TN01Yes
Jan 21, 2026AL00Yes
Nov 25, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 13, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 1, 2025MD01Yes
Jul 18, 2025SC00Yes
May 19, 2025NC00Yes
Apr 6, 2025SC01Yes
Mar 6, 2025SC00Yes
Jan 29, 2025SC00Yes
Dec 10, 2024VA01Yes
Oct 12, 2024VA00Yes
Aug 29, 2024VA00Yes
Aug 8, 2024MD00Yes
Jul 31, 2024TN02Yes
Jul 17, 2024AL00Yes
Jul 3, 2024NC00Yes
Jun 5, 2024MN00Yes
May 6, 2024SC00Yes
Mar 26, 2024SC00Yes
Nov 30, 2023SC00Yes
Oct 20, 2023MN00Yes
Jul 11, 2023KY00Yes
Apr 10, 2023TX01Yes