Carrier profile · USDOT 563800 · MC-275051 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

T J Cougle Trucking Inc

10 power unitsLocal · 1 statesEMMAUS, PA50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-275051 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 2 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 10-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 10
Inspections · 24 mo: 2
Annualized: ≈1 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

16measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 3 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 25 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2017	1	0	1	1
2014	3	2	0	3
2013	1	0	0	1
2010	4	0	3	3
2009	2	0	1	2
2008	2	0	0	2
2007	2	0	1	1
2006	1	0	1	0
2004	3	0	2	2
2003	1	0	1	0
2002	2	0	0	2
2000	1	0	0	1
1999	1	0	1	1
1998	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Dec 18, 2017	NJ	0	2	Yes
Dec 10, 2014	PA	1	0	Yes
Oct 18, 2014	PA	1	0	Yes
Apr 8, 2014	PA	0	0	Yes
Jan 19, 2013	PA	0	0	Yes
Nov 16, 2010	PA	0	1	No
Nov 3, 2010	NJ	0	1	Yes
Oct 27, 2010	PA	0	0	Yes
Apr 29, 2010	PA	0	1	Yes
Jan 22, 2009	PA	0	0	Yes
Jan 15, 2009	PA	0	1	Yes
Jul 15, 2008	CT	0	0	Yes
Feb 12, 2008	PA	0	0	Yes
Oct 24, 2007	PA	0	1	No
Mar 2, 2007	NJ	0	0	Yes
Mar 5, 2006	PA	0	1	No
Oct 13, 2004	PA	0	2	Yes
Sep 25, 2004	PA	0	1	No
Jul 12, 2004	VT	0	0	Yes
Feb 13, 2003	PA	0	1	No
Nov 4, 2002	VA	0	0	Yes
Aug 22, 2002	PA	0	0	Yes
Feb 18, 2000	PA	0	0	Yes
Sep 14, 1999	PA	0	2	Yes
Jul 22, 1998	PA	0	1	Yes