Tax Airfreight 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
82 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 9
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
- 180
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 83
- Annualized
- ≈42 / 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 Driving60 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 172.602 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 119 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 191 total · 7 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2007 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| 2005 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2026 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 7, 2026 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 13, 2025 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2025 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2025 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 7, 2024 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 1, 2024 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2024 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 9, 2023 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2023 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 29, 2023 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2023 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2023 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 11, 2023 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2022 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 17, 2022 | IL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 10, 2022 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 31, 2022 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2021 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 2, 2021 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 7, 2021 | WI | 1 | 0 | No |
| Mar 16, 2021 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2021 | WI | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 4, 2020 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |