Carrier profile · USDOT 569750 · MC-277632 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Downey Trucking Inc

19 power unitsavg 6.5 yrMulti-region · 14 statesAUBURN, KY100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-277632 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksdowneytruckinginc.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 16.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 25 vehicle and 32 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 10.2 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

32 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 19-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
19
Inspections · 24 mo
32
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

36%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
15%
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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 172.502 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 172.602 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 177.823 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 33 total · 0 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20222002
20211001
20201001
20181001
20171010
20164034
20142012
20121001
20112002
20091011
20083023
20072012
20062002
20052002
20042012
20022022
20011001
19992011
19981001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 17, 2022MI00Yes
Feb 4, 2022KY00Yes
Nov 1, 2021TX00Yes
Jul 27, 2020TN00Yes
Jul 15, 2018KY00Yes
Feb 7, 2017MN01No
Dec 20, 2016OH00Yes
Dec 19, 2016NJ01Yes
Dec 13, 2016TN01Yes
Mar 30, 2016FL01Yes
Jun 10, 2014TX00Yes
Feb 26, 2014IN03Yes
Jan 13, 2012KY00Yes
Nov 29, 2011KY00Yes
Feb 22, 2011IN00Yes
Nov 4, 2009KY01Yes
Apr 22, 2008IL00Yes
Apr 15, 2008GA01Yes
Mar 12, 2008RI01Yes
Dec 28, 2007IN00Yes
Aug 9, 2007OH01Yes
Dec 5, 2006MI00Yes
Dec 1, 2006MO00Yes
Nov 16, 2005KY00Yes
Mar 1, 2005TN00Yes