Carrier profile · USDOT 36777 · MC-140539 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TCW INC

320 power unitsavg 4.1 yrMulti-region · 12 statesNASHVILLE, TN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-140539 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkstcwonline.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 18.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 206 vehicle and 380 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.7% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

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

370 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 22

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 320-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
320
Inspections · 24 mo
380
Annualized
≈190 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

19%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
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 Driving53 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance44 · 21 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance40 · 37 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 8 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 7, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 280 total · 27 in 24 mo

280
Total crashes
27
In last 24 mo
17
Fatal
117
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
2025140414
2024160416
2023171517
20227235
20219129
20208127
2019140513
2018121612
20179149
20168028
2015100210
2014100410
201311079
20128228
20113023
20105033
20099277
2008111410
20076044
2006121812
2005131413
200410048
20039148
20024044
20015235
20008038
19991001
19984034
19978057
19966036
19951011
19943023
19922000
19903001
19891001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 6, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 24, 2026GA00Yes
Apr 3, 2026GA02Yes
Nov 12, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 26, 2025TN00Yes
Aug 21, 2025SC01Yes
Aug 11, 2025TN00Yes
Jul 18, 2025SC00Yes
Jul 3, 2025SC01Yes
Jun 27, 2025SC00Yes
Jun 26, 2025MS00Yes
Jun 2, 2025GA01Yes
May 31, 2025TN00Yes
Apr 1, 2025SC00Yes
Feb 26, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 20, 2025VA01Yes
Jan 23, 2025MS00Yes
Dec 4, 2024NC00Yes
Nov 21, 2024GA00Yes
Nov 18, 2024NC01Yes
Nov 12, 2024GA00Yes
Nov 11, 2024GA00Yes
Nov 7, 2024SC00Yes
Nov 5, 2024VA00Yes
Oct 27, 2024GA00Yes