Carrier profile · USDOT 517564 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MODERN DISTRIBUTORS INC

DBA TEAM MODERN

45 power unitsavg 8.7 yrRegional · 3 statesSOMERSET, KY94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksteammodern.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 5.6%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 — 54 vehicle and 75 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

75 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 6

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 45-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
75
Annualized
≈38 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

19%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

2ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 21 total · 1 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20223013
20212002
20181001
20151011
20133003
20111001
20101001
20091001
20081001
20061001
20031001
20011011
19971011
19962002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 21, 2025TN01Yes
Oct 14, 2022KY01Yes
Apr 7, 2022KY00Yes
Jan 4, 2022KY00Yes
Nov 2, 2021KY00Yes
Oct 19, 2021OH00Yes
May 7, 2018KY00Yes
Oct 1, 2015KY02Yes
Sep 6, 2013KY00Yes
Feb 22, 2013KY00Yes
Feb 1, 2013KY00Yes
Sep 22, 2011KY00Yes
May 25, 2010KY00Yes
Jul 17, 2009KY00Yes
Feb 14, 2008KY00Yes
Mar 10, 2006KY00Yes
May 14, 2003KY00Yes
Mar 16, 2001KY01Yes
May 29, 1997AL01Yes
Oct 4, 1996KY00Yes
Oct 4, 1996KY00Yes