Carrier profile · USDOT 565859 · MC-276747 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Tornado Bus Company

0 power unitsavg 6.7 yrRegional · 5 statesDALLAS, TX79/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-276747 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkstornadobus.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 4.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 897 vehicle and 1,681 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

1,700 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 119

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
.17measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
official FMCSA
83%
Driver Fitness
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
18%
Vehicle Maintenance
official FMCSA

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.

  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance107 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance91 · 12 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance61 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance57 · 6 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance55 · 0 OOS
  • 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance47 · 7 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness43 · 2 OOS
  • 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance38 · 26 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance35 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving27 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Aug 14, 2023. 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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 85 total · 4 in 24 mo

85
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
29
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253013
20242002
20233012
20229038
20213013
20206026
20198158
20183113
20172002
20163013
20152012
20142012
20133003
20122011
20111001
20101001
20094024
20085105
20073103
20061001
20057046
20041001
20032022
20024024
20012002
20001001
19991011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 20, 2026IL00Yes
Sep 7, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 26, 2025TX01Yes
Aug 26, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 2, 2024OH00Yes
Jan 15, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 10, 2023IL01No
Mar 5, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 21, 2023GA00Yes
Dec 26, 2022TX00Yes
Nov 5, 2022TX00Yes
Oct 30, 2022TX03Yes
Jun 26, 2022TX01Yes
Jun 7, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 30, 2022IL00Yes
Mar 20, 2022TX00Yes
Feb 28, 2022TX00Yes
Feb 10, 2022TX01No
Nov 6, 2021TX01Yes
Mar 26, 2021OH00Yes
Feb 14, 2021NC00Yes
Jul 6, 2020SC00Yes
Jul 6, 2020SC00Yes
Jun 26, 2020TX01Yes
Feb 5, 2020TX00Yes