Carrier profile · USDOT 1574992 · MC-583278 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TDS Transport Inc

47 power unitsavg 19.1 yrNational · 18 statesSTAUNTON, IL80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-583278 ACTIVE
Verified linkstdstransport.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 43.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 40 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

100.0% · 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 11.0 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

37 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 47-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
47
Inspections · 24 mo
40
Annualized
≈20 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
23%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 36 total · 4 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20243012
20231001
20224013
20212002
20204004
20191001
20185015
20172012
20163013
20153013
20141001
20124004
20102012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 1, 2026AL00Yes
Dec 2, 2024LA01No
Nov 22, 2024AL00Yes
Oct 30, 2024NC00Yes
Jan 31, 2023AR00Yes
Oct 4, 2022FL02No
Sep 23, 2022KY00Yes
Aug 22, 2022CA00Yes
Feb 28, 2022WV00Yes
Dec 21, 2021AL00Yes
Jul 6, 2021NH00Yes
Oct 29, 2020MS00Yes
Oct 26, 2020PA00Yes
Aug 28, 2020NC00Yes
Mar 16, 2020LA00Yes
May 4, 2019LA00Yes
Nov 19, 2018AL00Yes
Oct 10, 2018LA01Yes
Jul 1, 2018TX00Yes
Jun 27, 2018TX00Yes
Jun 18, 2018GA00Yes
Nov 3, 2017PA01Yes
Jul 6, 2017WI00Yes
Oct 30, 2016AL00Yes
Sep 7, 2016IL01Yes