Carrier profile · USDOT 2266661 · MC-773828 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

Tag Trans Inc

92 power unitsavg 6.1 yrNational · 35 statesCOUNTRY CLUB HILLS, IL80/100
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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 40.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 60 vehicle and 161 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 17.8 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

160 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 11

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 92-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
92
Inspections · 24 mo
161
Annualized
≈81 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

78%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
39%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
60%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
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 Driving74 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 17 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

28 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.

16ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
5False logs
5Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 56 total · 12 in 24 mo

56
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
26
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266036
20254024
20244004
20235034
20223012
20216036
20205045
20195035
20182012
20176016
20165025
20153022
20142012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 9, 2026NC09Yes
May 4, 2026OH01Yes
Mar 13, 2026FL00Yes
Jan 27, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 21, 2026NC00Yes
Jan 8, 2026NY01Yes
Nov 25, 2025MN02Yes
Nov 20, 2025KY02Yes
Sep 24, 2025WI00Yes
Mar 19, 2025WV00Yes
Oct 20, 2024OH00Yes
Sep 18, 2024TX00Yes
May 13, 2024IN00Yes
Jan 16, 2024PA00Yes
Dec 7, 2023IL02Yes
Oct 11, 2023KY01Yes
Aug 2, 2023KY00Yes
Jul 27, 2023WI01No
Apr 20, 2023IL00Yes
Aug 20, 2022IL01No
Apr 21, 2022IL00Yes
Jan 7, 2022KY00Yes
Dec 6, 2021NC00Yes
Aug 2, 2021FL01Yes
Apr 12, 2021IL02Yes