Carrier profile · USDOT 3527709 · MC-1173251 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Tci Transportation Services of Norcal LLC

95 power unitsavg 6.2 yrRegional · 3 statesSTOCKTON, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1173251 ACTIVE
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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 8.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 229 vehicle and 323 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

3.9% · 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 2.8 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

317 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 20

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
95
Inspections · 24 mo
323
Annualized
≈162 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

6%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
10%
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 Driving45 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 15 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 14 total · 1 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20242012
20234004
20222102
20215035
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 23, 2025CA01Yes
Jun 10, 2024CA00Yes
Feb 9, 2024CA01Yes
Mar 14, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 9, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 4, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 2, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 15, 2022CA20Yes
Jun 19, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 31, 2021CA00Yes
Dec 23, 2021CA02Yes
Sep 10, 2021CA01Yes
Sep 10, 2021CA00Yes
Sep 9, 2021CA01Yes