Carrier profile · USDOT 2291190 · MC-887002 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TA TRANS INC

60 power unitsavg 5.3 yrNational · 36 statesDES PLAINES, IL93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-887002 ACTIVE
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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 25.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 79 vehicle and 161 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.6% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 8.8 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

157 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 13

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 60-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
60
Inspections · 24 mo
161
Annualized
≈81 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
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 Driving112 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance31 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 14 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance22 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

41 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
16False logs
4Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 5 total · 4 in 24 mo

5
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253012
20241011
20231001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 24, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 19, 2025AL00Yes
Apr 21, 2025KS01No
Nov 17, 2024MS01Yes
May 14, 2023WY00Yes