Carrier profile · USDOT 1728645 · MC-633402 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

THUNDER BAL DISTRIBUTORS LTD

24 power unitsavg 7.9 yrLocal · 1 statesDELTA, BC93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-633402 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 27.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 86 vehicle and 126 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

34.8% · 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 20.7 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

124 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 13

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
24
Inspections · 24 mo
126
Annualized
≈63 / yr
Coverage
≈2.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

94%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance39 · 15 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving33 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 11 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 30, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 8 total · 3 in 24 mo

8
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253003
20241011
20211001
20181001
20141001
20121011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 13, 2025WA00Yes
Apr 3, 2025WA00Yes
Mar 10, 2025WA00Yes
Jul 23, 2024WA01Yes
Jul 14, 2021WA00Yes
Jun 21, 2018WA00Yes
Dec 15, 2014WA00Yes
Jan 20, 2012WA02Yes