Tate Transportation 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
101 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 14
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
- 60
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 106
- Annualized
- ≈53 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.9 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 Driving45 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 14 OOS
- 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 2 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
1 ELD violation in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 55 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 2026 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 6, 2026 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 8, 2025 | MT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 26, 2024 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 26, 2023 | MT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 15, 2023 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 1, 2023 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 26, 2023 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2022 | OR | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 2022 | ND | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 9, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2022 | ND | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 20, 2021 | WA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 4, 2021 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 3, 2021 | MT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 3, 2020 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 8, 2020 | WA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2020 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 4, 2020 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 15, 2019 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 2019 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2016 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2016 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 2016 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 2016 | MT | 0 | 1 | Yes |