Tidewater Fibre Corp
DBA TFC RECYCLING
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 4
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 112
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 26
- Annualized
- ≈13 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 46 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 118 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2008 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| 2007 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2025 | VA | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 9, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 3, 2025 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 20, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 25, 2022 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2021 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2021 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 2021 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2021 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 31, 2020 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2020 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2020 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 14, 2020 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2020 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 2019 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2019 | VA | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 30, 2019 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2019 | VA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2019 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2018 | VA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 27, 2018 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 23, 2018 | VA | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 31, 2018 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |