TALON LOGISTICS INC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
71 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 7
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
- 197
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 77
- Annualized
- ≈39 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving23 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
- 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 28, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 207 total · 14 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
| 2012 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| 2008 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 9 | |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2026 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 30, 2026 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 9, 2026 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2026 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 2, 2025 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 5, 2025 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2025 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 26, 2025 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 15, 2025 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 18, 2024 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 24, 2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 16, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 25, 2024 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2024 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 2, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 6, 2023 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 20, 2023 | OH | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2022 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 11, 2022 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 10, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2022 | PA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2022 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |