Carrier profile · USDOT 1845694 · MC-668519 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Tidwell & Son LLC

14 power unitsavg 15.8 yrRegional · 4 statesSPRINGTOWN, TX74/100
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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 38.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 36.4 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 2

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 14-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
14
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

36%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
81%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
94%
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 Maintenance24 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 23 total · 2 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252112
20222022
20211001
20182002
20173022
20162012
20151011
20143113
20132002
20121011
20103023
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 30, 2025TX20Yes
Jul 18, 2025OK01Yes
Aug 8, 2022TX01Yes
Jul 11, 2022TX01Yes
Jun 24, 2021TX00Yes
Dec 20, 2018TX00Yes
Oct 12, 2018TX00Yes
Dec 14, 2017TX00Yes
Jul 28, 2017TX02Yes
Jul 27, 2017TX01No
Nov 28, 2016TX01Yes
Jan 8, 2016TX00Yes
Jul 11, 2015TX01Yes
Dec 15, 2014TX11Yes
Oct 3, 2014TX00Yes
May 29, 2014TX00Yes
Apr 19, 2013TX00Yes
Jan 11, 2013TX00Yes
Jul 5, 2012TX03Yes
Dec 26, 2010TX01Yes
Nov 4, 2010TX00Yes
Jul 28, 2010TX02Yes
Apr 6, 2009TX00Yes