TA OPERATING LLC 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
OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 408
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 72
- Annualized
- ≈36 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
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 Driving28
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent 11/04/2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 31 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/10/2026 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/01/2025 | KS | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 09/05/2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| 05/21/2024 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/02/2023 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 11/30/2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/22/2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/17/2022 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/01/2021 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/05/2020 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 03/03/2020 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 11/25/2019 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/26/2019 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/15/2019 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/29/2019 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| 04/17/2019 | SC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 12/26/2018 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 06/13/2018 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/31/2017 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/22/2016 | TN | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| 01/26/2016 | MT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 09/02/2011 | CA | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| 04/24/2011 | TN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 02/07/2011 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/08/2010 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |