Carrier profile · USDOT 283951 · MC-193777 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Trade Winds Transit Inc

62 power unitsavg 14.8 yrMulti-region · 13 statesBARDSTOWN, KY88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-193777 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkstwtky.netFMCSA 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 10.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 60 vehicle and 97 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 23.1 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

94 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 9

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 62-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
62
Inspections · 24 mo
97
Annualized
≈49 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
86%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving59 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 8 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

46 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
10False logs
16Drove over hours

Trending worse — 94% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 113 total · 7 in 24 mo

113
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
47
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20252012
20246026
20233112
20223012
20215034
202010049
20195035
20182002
20173013
20167027
20155005
20147026
20132020
20122012
20111011
20101010
20092002
20082121
20072011
20061010
20053003
20043013
20036134
20026045
20005014
19992011
19982002
19971010
19964034
19951001
19944114
19931011
19922022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 29, 2026PA00Yes
May 27, 2026TN00Yes
Dec 8, 2025WV01Yes
Feb 3, 2025KY00Yes
Dec 17, 2024MD00Yes
Dec 17, 2024MD00Yes
Sep 13, 2024KY02Yes
Apr 27, 2024KY00Yes
Mar 18, 2024KY00Yes
Feb 29, 2024KY01Yes
Jun 27, 2023KY00Yes
May 11, 2023OH10No
Feb 1, 2023KY02Yes
Dec 11, 2022TN01No
Aug 21, 2022KY00Yes
Feb 14, 2022WV00Yes
Dec 20, 2021PA00Yes
Nov 24, 2021KY01No
Oct 28, 2021KY01Yes
Jul 1, 2021OH00Yes
May 23, 2021TN01Yes
Dec 23, 2020KY00Yes
Dec 1, 2020OH00Yes
Nov 22, 2020KY01No
Oct 12, 2020OH00Yes