Carrier profile · USDOT 1268158 · MC-492697 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

Taz Trucking Inc

DBA TAZ TRUCKING

93 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 32 statesBOWLING GREEN, KY81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-492697 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkstaztrucking.netFMCSA 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 30.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 105 vehicle and 198 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.7% · 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 5.0 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

193 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 12

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 93-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
93
Inspections · 24 mo
198
Annualized
≈99 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

80%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
64%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
69%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
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 Driving90 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance35 · 29 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 8 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

63 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

46ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
6False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 103 total · 13 in 24 mo

103
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
20255005
20246006
2023110210
20227027
20215025
20208138
20195005
20187027
20176016
2016100310
20157047
20144014
20133013
20123003
20112012
20107026
20083003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 3, 2026PA00Yes
Feb 16, 2026SC00Yes
Jan 26, 2026TN00Yes
Jan 12, 2026KY00Yes
Jul 19, 2025KY00Yes
Apr 14, 2025TN00Yes
Mar 25, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 6, 2025MA00Yes
Jan 5, 2025TN00Yes
Dec 29, 2024WY00Yes
Dec 14, 2024NJ00Yes
Nov 9, 2024KY00Yes
Sep 24, 2024KY00Yes
Mar 17, 2024IL00Yes
Feb 29, 2024IN00Yes
Dec 26, 2023TN00Yes
Dec 15, 2023PA01Yes
Sep 28, 2023KY00Yes
Jun 13, 2023IL00Yes
Jun 2, 2023IL01No
May 15, 2023KY00Yes
Apr 25, 2023VA00Yes
Mar 7, 2023GA00Yes
Feb 16, 2023KY00Yes
Feb 15, 2023PA00Yes