Carrier profile · USDOT 1229059 · MC-485705 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

HERITAGE DISTRIBUTION LLC

67 power unitsavg 8.2 yrRegional · 7 statesEVANSVILLE, IN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-485705 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksheritageoil.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 10.7%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 — 75 vehicle and 85 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 3.1 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

83 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 11

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 67-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
67
Inspections · 24 mo
85
Annualized
≈43 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
.35measure
SMS · per-BASIC
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.15measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
17%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 16 total · 4 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20251001
20241001
20232002
20222022
20201001
20191001
20181001
20132012
20121111
20111010
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 22, 2026IA00Yes
Jun 5, 2026IN00Yes
Sep 10, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 4, 2024IN00Yes
Jun 20, 2023IL00Yes
Feb 1, 2023KY00Yes
Nov 4, 2022KY01Yes
Jan 17, 2022MO02Yes
Jul 13, 2020IL00Yes
Jul 9, 2019IN00Yes
Dec 15, 2018KY00Yes
Sep 20, 2013MO01Yes
Jun 4, 2013KY00Yes
Nov 20, 2012IL12Yes
Apr 29, 2011KY01No
Jul 20, 2004IN00Yes