Carrier profile · USDOT 2190391 · MC-761245 · Updated Jul 23, 2026

THUNDER TRANSPORTATION INC

18 power unitsavg 9.4 yrMulti-region · 13 statesWASHINGTON TWP, MI68/100
NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-761245 NO AUTHORITY
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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 41.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 31 vehicle and 47 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 15.1 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

45 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 18-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
18
Inspections · 24 mo
47
Annualized
≈24 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

49%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
44%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
58%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
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 Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 9 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 8 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 13, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 1 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20232012
20211001
20202002
20181001
20172002
20152002
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 10, 2024MI00Yes
Jan 12, 2024IN00Yes
Aug 14, 2023IN01Yes
Jul 6, 2023NC00Yes
Jun 4, 2021TN00Yes
May 25, 2020OH00Yes
Jan 6, 2020PA00Yes
Nov 15, 2018MI00Yes
Mar 24, 2017MI00Yes
Jan 23, 2017MI00Yes
May 28, 2015OH00Yes
May 15, 2015MI00Yes
Jun 25, 2014IL00Yes