Carrier profile · USDOT 622332 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Connecticut Distributors Inc

DBA CDI

54 power unitsavg 5 yrLocal · 1 statesSTRATFORD, CT94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksctdist.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 13.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 23 vehicle and 38 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 2.3 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

37 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 5

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 54-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
54
Inspections · 24 mo
38
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

20%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
67%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 54 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 14 total · 1 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20234023
20223022
20161001
20152012
20141001
20121011
19981011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 27, 2026CT00Yes
Sep 8, 2023CT00Yes
Aug 18, 2023CT01Yes
Apr 21, 2023CT00Yes
Jan 18, 2023CT01No
Dec 22, 2022CT00Yes
Nov 1, 2022CT02No
Sep 23, 2022CT01Yes
Nov 30, 2016CT00Yes
Dec 23, 2015CT01Yes
Jan 14, 2015CT00Yes
May 2, 2014CT00Yes
Nov 1, 2012CT02Yes
Oct 14, 1998CT02Yes