Carrier profile · USDOT 132446 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Republic National Distributing Company

48 power unitsavg 3.7 yrLocal · 2 statesLOUISVILLE, KY88/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 4.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 25 vehicle and 44 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 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

44 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 5

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 48-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 48
Inspections · 24 mo: 44
Annualized: ≈22 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

53%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

.91measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 62 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 20 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	1	1
2025	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2017	1	0	0	1
2015	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	1	1
2013	2	0	1	1
2012	1	0	0	1
2010	2	0	0	2
2008	1	0	0	1
2006	2	0	1	1
2005	3	1	2	1
2002	1	0	1	0
2001	2	0	0	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 30, 2026	KY	0	2	Yes
Mar 27, 2025	KY	0	0	Yes
Nov 25, 2019	KY	0	0	Yes
Dec 27, 2017	KY	0	0	Yes
Oct 14, 2015	KY	0	0	Yes
Mar 12, 2014	KY	0	1	Yes
Apr 18, 2013	KY	0	0	Yes
Mar 12, 2013	KY	0	1	No
Oct 12, 2012	KY	0	0	Yes
Jun 18, 2010	KY	0	0	Yes
Jun 9, 2010	KY	0	0	Yes
May 1, 2008	KY	0	0	Yes
Dec 28, 2006	KY	0	1	No
Feb 1, 2006	KY	0	0	Yes
Oct 20, 2005	KY	0	1	No
Oct 20, 2005	KY	1	0	Yes
Aug 30, 2005	KY	0	1	No
Jan 30, 2002	KY	0	1	No
Aug 2, 2001	KY	0	0	Yes
Aug 2, 2001	KY	0	0	Yes