Carrier profile · USDOT 264594 · MC-185853 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Transport Distribution Company

119 power unitsavg 5.2 yrNational · 22 statesJOPLIN, MO88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-185853 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksjoplin.gotdc.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 10.1%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 — 139 vehicle and 267 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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

256 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 21

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 119-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
119
Inspections · 24 mo
267
Annualized
≈134 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

34%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
18%
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 Driving62 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

25ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 264 total · 15 in 24 mo

264
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
12
Fatal
116
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
20258056
20247017
20232012
20225035
20215015
20204013
20192002
2018101510
20175005
20163013
20151111
20149159
20134014
20124014
20116126
20108148
20091011
20087037
2007100510
20069248
20056025
20049039
20039039
2002112610
20017116
2000111510
1999130710
19981711213
1997150913
1996150911
19958037
1994120411
199312059
19922001
19913013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 28, 2026OK00Yes
May 24, 2026MO00Yes
Feb 19, 2026OK01Yes
Feb 3, 2026MO00Yes
Dec 18, 2025OK00Yes
Dec 17, 2025KS01Yes
Dec 15, 2025IL01Yes
Nov 28, 2025CO00Yes
Jun 10, 2025IL01No
Jun 4, 2025IL00Yes
Apr 28, 2025TX02No
Apr 20, 2025MO01Yes
Nov 6, 2024AR00Yes
Nov 5, 2024MO01Yes
Aug 27, 2024IA00Yes
Jun 26, 2024KS00Yes
May 2, 2024MO00Yes
Jan 22, 2024KS00Yes
Jan 14, 2024MO00Yes
Dec 18, 2023OK01Yes
Jun 21, 2023MO00Yes
Sep 22, 2022MO01Yes
Jul 27, 2022OK00Yes
Apr 26, 2022MO01Yes
Apr 13, 2022AR01Yes