TAT A X INC 100

T A X INC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 12.2% (24-mo)49 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.6% (24-mo)113 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

0.0% now▼ Improving

Trailing rate down 2.4 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 37-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
37
Inspections · 24 mo
113
Annualized
≈57 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
67%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
65%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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 Driving49
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance5
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5

ELD & hours-of-service

32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 06/04/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 17 total · 6 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20252012
20242002
20232002
20223013
20212002
20201001
20191001
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
06/05/2026NE00Yes
02/11/2026OH00Yes
02/08/2026AZ00Yes
07/08/2025OH00Yes
03/14/2025IA01Yes
09/04/2024WI00Yes
02/13/2024VA00Yes
03/01/2023CA00Yes
02/17/2023WI00Yes
09/05/2022OH00Yes
06/22/2022TN00Yes
01/13/2022FL01Yes
10/07/2021WI00Yes
08/26/2021TX00Yes
09/07/2020NM00Yes
04/10/2019KS00Yes
01/08/2016TX00Yes