Carrier profile · USDOT 270056 · MC-190230 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

T G S Transportation Inc

20 power unitsavg 5 yrLocal · 1 statesFRESNO, CA82/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-190230 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkstgstrans.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 10.7%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 — 28 vehicle and 35 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 3.7 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 6

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 20-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
35
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

6%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
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 Driving24 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.70 Coupling devices / fifth wheelVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 6, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 32 total · 0 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231011
20221001
20211011
20201011
20194014
20184004
20171001
20163013
20153003
20131111
20122012
20113013
20102122
20091101
20072022
19991011
19971001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 18, 2023NV01Yes
Nov 21, 2022NV00Yes
May 13, 2021CA01Yes
Sep 4, 2020CA01Yes
Aug 23, 2019CA00Yes
Apr 22, 2019CA00Yes
Feb 7, 2019CA00Yes
Jan 25, 2019CA02Yes
Oct 10, 2018CA00Yes
Jul 13, 2018CA00Yes
Jul 9, 2018CA00Yes
Feb 26, 2018CA00Yes
Jan 7, 2017CA00Yes
Dec 1, 2016CA00Yes
Aug 15, 2016CA00Yes
Apr 4, 2016CA02Yes
Nov 19, 2015CA00Yes
Sep 2, 2015CA00Yes
Aug 17, 2015CA00Yes
Oct 15, 2013CA12Yes
Nov 26, 2012CA00Yes
Apr 13, 2012CA03Yes
Dec 12, 2011CA00Yes
Dec 9, 2011CA01Yes
Oct 17, 2011CA00Yes