Carrier profile · USDOT 666729 · MC-314331 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Thunderbolt Trucking Inc

3 power unitsavg 11.4 yrRegional · 3 statesPEOSTA, IA76/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-314331 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 36.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 3

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

≈1.8 / 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: 3
Inspections · 24 mo: 11
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

95%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

.94measure

SMS · per-BASIC

44%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

11%

Controlled Substances

Vektor peer est.

Vehicle Maintenance

15.8measure

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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
392.15 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Nov 18, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 13 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	1	0
2025	1	0	0	1
2019	2	0	0	2
2015	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	1	0
2011	1	0	1	0
2008	1	0	0	1
2006	1	0	0	1
2002	1	0	1	1
1999	1	0	0	1
1997	1	1	0	0
1996	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Apr 13, 2026	WI	0	1	No
Nov 7, 2025	IA	0	0	Yes
Aug 6, 2019	IA	0	0	Yes
Jun 18, 2019	IL	0	0	Yes
May 5, 2015	IA	0	0	Yes
Aug 22, 2012	IL	0	1	No
Feb 8, 2011	IL	0	1	No
Jul 21, 2008	IA	0	0	Yes
Sep 28, 2006	WI	0	0	Yes
Jul 10, 2002	WI	0	1	Yes
Sep 20, 1999	WI	0	0	Yes
Apr 15, 1997	KS	1	0	No
Jan 23, 1996	MN	0	0	Yes