Carrier profile · USDOT 90882 · MC-115831 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Tidewater Transit Co Inc

305 power unitsavg 10 yrNational · 33 statesKINSTON, NC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-115831 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkstidewater-transit.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 10.4%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 — 415 vehicle and 639 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.9% · 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 2.3 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

616 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 37

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 305-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
305
Inspections · 24 mo
639
Annualized
≈320 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

63%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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 Driving123 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance56 · 15 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance49 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance34 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 27 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance21 · 8 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

88 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

56ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
10False logs
15Drove over hours

Trending worse — 68% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 408 total · 22 in 24 mo

408
Total crashes
22
In last 24 mo
17
Fatal
181
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
2025120312
2024160715
2023121511
20225015
2021130512
2020202620
20199059
20182301123
2017190719
2016200920
2015192918
2014110411
20131901018
20127147
2011162814
2010171716
2009171317
20089348
20078037
2006161914
2005130812
2004121810
20039057
2002150814
20016035
2000101210
1999110310
1998110711
19978067
19966036
1995111511
19944034
19921001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 10, 2026GA00Yes
Apr 5, 2026AR00Yes
Mar 16, 2026MD00Yes
Aug 30, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 6, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 24, 2025LA00Yes
Jul 23, 2025GA02Yes
Jul 22, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 14, 2025WV00Yes
May 2, 2025OH00Yes
Apr 29, 2025SC01Yes
Apr 23, 2025LA00Yes
Apr 16, 2025VA00Yes
Feb 26, 2025LA00Yes
Jan 27, 2025SC00Yes
Dec 20, 2024AR00Yes
Dec 11, 2024GA01Yes
Nov 15, 2024GA00Yes
Nov 11, 2024TX01Yes
Oct 6, 2024OH00Yes
Sep 18, 2024NC00Yes
Sep 11, 2024TN01Yes
Jul 30, 2024SC01Yes
Jul 29, 2024TN00Yes
Jul 19, 2024AL01Yes