Carrier profile · USDOT 230522 · MC-161523 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Product Distribution Company

103 power unitsavg 4.3 yrMulti-region · 13 statesLOUISVILLE, KY88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-161523 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 18.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 59 vehicle and 111 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.1% · 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

104 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 8

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
0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 103-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
103
Inspections · 24 mo
111
Annualized
56 / yr
Coverage
0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving28 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 17 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 11, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 210 total · 9 in 24 mo

210
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
85
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20252002
20247136
20231001
20224004
20212021
20207007
20198128
20189139
20176026
2016110111
2015120611
20147027
20138038
20127037
20118167
20103013
20097156
20085015
20077046
2006150514
200510048
20045025
20032012
20025033
20017066
20007017
19996136
199810068
19977145
19966045
19943003
19932112
19922001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 13, 2026OH01Yes
Jan 13, 2026KY00Yes
May 14, 2025KY00Yes
Jan 31, 2025KY00Yes
Nov 13, 2024GA00Yes
Nov 12, 2024TN03Yes
Oct 10, 2024KY01No
Oct 2, 2024OH00Yes
Sep 19, 2024KY00Yes
May 28, 2024KY00Yes
Jan 16, 2024VA12Yes
Mar 31, 2023MD00Yes
Sep 21, 2022GA00Yes
Jul 19, 2022VA00Yes
Apr 6, 2022TN00Yes
Jan 6, 2022KY00Yes
Feb 26, 2021TN01No
Jan 7, 2021KY01Yes
Dec 22, 2020MD00Yes
Dec 21, 2020IN00Yes
Sep 21, 2020KY00Yes
Sep 21, 2020KY00Yes
Aug 28, 2020NJ00Yes
Feb 29, 2020KY00Yes
Feb 22, 2020KY00Yes