Carrier profile · USDOT 1396303 · Updated Jul 5, 2026

Heidelberg Distributing of Northern Kentucky Inc

DBA HEIDELBERG DISTRIBUTING

23 power unitsavg 3.4 yrLocal · 2 statesHEBRON, KY90/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksheidelbergdistributinginc.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 21.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 28 vehicle and 37 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 19.8 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

36 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 23-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
23
Inspections · 24 mo
37
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 59 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 7 total · 2 in 24 mo

7
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20241001
20221001
20211001
20191011
20181010
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 25, 2026KY00Yes
Dec 23, 2024OH00Yes
Apr 29, 2022KY00Yes
Mar 10, 2021OH00Yes
Jul 11, 2019KY01Yes
Jan 25, 2018KY01No
Sep 1, 2016KY00Yes