Carrier profile · USDOT 1416745 · MC-536134 · Updated Jul 26, 2026

Tempest Transportation Inc

75 power unitsavg 8.3 yrNational · 25 statesMILLINGTON, TN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-536134 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkstempesttransportation.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 31.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 69 vehicle and 136 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

34.5% · 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 21.9 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

136 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 14

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 75-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
75
Inspections · 24 mo
136
Annualized
≈68 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
58%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
75%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
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 Driving59 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

21 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 47 total · 3 in 24 mo

47
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20212012
20205155
20195024
20182011
20176036
20165014
20153033
20145025
20135025
20122112
20112012
20092002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 19, 2026PA00Yes
Dec 6, 2025IA01Yes
Oct 27, 2025OH00Yes
Feb 26, 2021OK01Yes
Jan 24, 2021FL00Yes
Dec 20, 2020TN01Yes
Sep 25, 2020FL01Yes
Aug 12, 2020IL11Yes
Aug 4, 2020PA04Yes
Jun 25, 2020CA01Yes
Oct 19, 2019FL01No
Oct 11, 2019SC01Yes
Sep 20, 2019FL00Yes
Aug 21, 2019AR00Yes
Feb 20, 2019NY00Yes
Nov 23, 2018TX01No
Aug 1, 2018FL00Yes
Jul 9, 2017LA00Yes
Feb 27, 2017NC02Yes
Jan 27, 2017NY00Yes
Jan 23, 2017FL01Yes
Jan 19, 2017CA00Yes
Jan 13, 2017FL01Yes
Dec 23, 2016FL00Yes
Sep 6, 2016CA019No