Carrier profile · USDOT 494524 · MC-411137 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Candido's Inc

DBA CANDIDO'S TOW & REPAIR

52 power unitsavg 4.1 yrRegional · 4 statesSOMERSET, KY81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-411137 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONALHAZMAT
Verified linkscandidostowing.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 26.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 6.0 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

21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 52-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
52
Inspections · 24 mo
21
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
29%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent May 16, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 17 total · 5 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261101
20254024
20242022
20211001
20201011
20191011
20181001
20161001
20131001
20121001
20051001
20021011
19991011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 30, 2026KY10Yes
Dec 22, 2025KY01Yes
Sep 9, 2025KY00Yes
Aug 11, 2025KY00Yes
Feb 11, 2025KY03Yes
Mar 29, 2024TN01Yes
Feb 2, 2024TN01Yes
Jun 9, 2021TN00Yes
Nov 27, 2020KY02Yes
Apr 25, 2019KY01Yes
May 22, 2018KY00Yes
Jan 29, 2016KY00Yes
Nov 12, 2013KY00Yes
Jan 14, 2012KY00Yes
Oct 17, 2005KY00Yes
Jun 14, 2002KY02Yes
Jul 7, 1999KY01Yes