Carrier profile · USDOT 124500 · MC-182377 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Taylor Truck Line Inc

402 power unitsavg 6.7 yrNational · 39 statesNORTHFIELD, MN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-182377 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkstaylortruckline.comFMCSA SAFER

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 24.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 413 vehicle and 830 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

24.7% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

797 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 56

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 402-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
402
Inspections · 24 mo
831
Annualized
≈416 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

78%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
52%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving301 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance124 · 110 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance84 · 24 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance83 · 25 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance38 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance28 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 7 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

93 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

69ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
8False logs
13Drove over hours

Trending worse — 64% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 436 total · 40 in 24 mo

436
Total crashes
40
In last 24 mo
11
Fatal
147
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026151615
2025191219
2024140114
20232821027
2022140514
2021160514
20209039
2019250924
2018160716
2017150314
2016151813
2015202818
2014260925
2013160316
2012191718
2011220920
2010150415
2009190419
200812039
2007141313
2006121412
2005140814
2004120511
20038127
2002140413
20014033
20002012
19993023
19983023
19978055
19962002
19951001
19941001
19923023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 24, 2026WI01Yes
Jun 11, 2026NV01Yes
May 31, 2026MI01Yes
May 15, 2026IL00Yes
May 1, 2026IL02Yes
Mar 21, 2026MO00Yes
Mar 18, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 27, 2026MO00Yes
Feb 11, 2026MS02Yes
Jan 25, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 25, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 25, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 21, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 14, 2026AR10Yes
Jan 9, 2026IL02Yes
Dec 30, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 27, 2025NV01Yes
Dec 27, 2025AZ00Yes
Dec 22, 2025MI10Yes
Dec 8, 2025AL00Yes
Dec 7, 2025WI00Yes
Dec 5, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 13, 2025SC01Yes
Oct 4, 2025NV00Yes
Sep 25, 2025AR00Yes