Carrier profile · USDOT 2266216 · MC-773635 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

Tradewinds Logistics Inc

17 power unitsavg 8.7 yrMulti-region · 11 statesWESTFIELD, IN74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-773635 ACTIVE
Verified linkstradewinds.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 53.3%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 — 15 vehicle and 28 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 9.0 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

27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 3

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 17-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
17
Inspections · 24 mo
28
Annualized
≈14 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
23%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
72%
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 Driving23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 79% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 57 total · 2 in 24 mo

57
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20226006
20212012
20206026
20197127
20185105
20179039
20169039
20158158
20143013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 13, 2026MI00Yes
Oct 8, 2025KY00Yes
Dec 23, 2022MI00Yes
Dec 15, 2022MN00Yes
Nov 11, 2022GA00Yes
Nov 10, 2022MN00Yes
Sep 30, 2022IN00Yes
Jan 31, 2022MI00Yes
Jun 30, 2021MI00Yes
Jun 23, 2021IN01Yes
Nov 4, 2020IN00Yes
Oct 3, 2020TN00Yes
Apr 19, 2020DE01Yes
Apr 13, 2020CO02Yes
Feb 12, 2020IL00Yes
Jan 31, 2020IN00Yes
Dec 19, 2019MD00Yes
Nov 5, 2019IL11Yes
Oct 31, 2019KY00Yes
May 1, 2019KY01Yes
Apr 12, 2019WI00Yes
Apr 12, 2019ME00Yes
Apr 2, 2019TX00Yes
Oct 3, 2018SC00Yes
Oct 1, 2018IN00Yes