Carrier profile · USDOT 61163 · MC-152430 · Updated Jul 29, 2026

Arnold J Thomas & Son Inc

DBA THOMAS & SON DISTRIBUTORS

98 power unitsavg 6 yrNational · 18 statesSPRINGFIELD, OR88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-152430 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksthomasandsonsinc.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 9.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 572 vehicle and 676 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.2% · 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 3.8 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

664 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 48

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈3.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
98
Inspections · 24 mo
676
Annualized
≈338 / yr
Coverage
≈3.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

54%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
13%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving86 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance40 · 34 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance37 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance34 · 23 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance25 · 10 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 5 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance14 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
6False logs
3Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 136 total · 8 in 24 mo

136
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
37
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20255025
20248028
20235015
20224004
20213013
20204024
2019100210
20184114
20175115
20165025
20152002
20146016
20134123
20126006
20116046
20101001
20093003
20084014
20074014
2006101210
20054014
20041001
20034014
20022022
20012012
20002002
19992002
19981011
19961011
19944004
19933113
19921000
19913010
19906020
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 12, 2026CA01Yes
Dec 10, 2025CA01Yes
Oct 6, 2025OR00Yes
Sep 16, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 21, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 12, 2025WA01Yes
Sep 24, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 12, 2024OR02Yes
Jul 25, 2024OR00Yes
Jun 17, 2024CA01Yes
May 22, 2024CA00Yes
Apr 3, 2024WA00Yes
Jan 27, 2024WA00Yes
Jan 22, 2024CA00Yes
Nov 3, 2023OR00Yes
Oct 17, 2023OR00Yes
Sep 14, 2023OR01Yes
Feb 11, 2023CA00Yes
Jan 17, 2023WA00Yes
Jun 27, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 7, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 5, 2022CA00Yes
Mar 9, 2022CA00Yes
Jul 17, 2021NM00Yes
Jun 17, 2021OR01Yes