Carrier profile · USDOT 255631 · MC-161985 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

TFA LOGISTICS LLC

707 power unitsavg 7.9 yrNational · 41 statesASHLAND, VA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-161985 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 20.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 988 vehicle and 1,561 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 9.0 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

1,510 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 86

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 707-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
707
Inspections · 24 mo
1,562
Annualized
≈781 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
57%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
70%
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 Driving309 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance146 · 119 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance144 · 32 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance111 · 23 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance86 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance85 · 34 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance64 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance54 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance48 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance43 · 14 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

139 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

100ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
11False logs
19Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 242 total · 52 in 24 mo

242
Total crashes
52
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
100
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026120511
2025300930
2024191818
20236026
2022101310
20216046
20209029
20195035
2018101410
20176006
20165015
20158208
20143023
20135035
20122012
2011130612
20109029
20094014
20089038
200711168
20067036
20054044
20049059
20035015
20027036
20015134
20001011
19992022
19985055
19973023
19962012
19952122
19944024
19931001
19922011
19901001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 15, 2026TX01No
Apr 4, 2026MO00Yes
Mar 31, 2026GA02Yes
Mar 30, 2026IL01Yes
Mar 20, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 18, 2026NM00Yes
Mar 1, 2026WV00Yes
Feb 19, 2026TX02Yes
Feb 17, 2026NM01Yes
Feb 3, 2026TN00Yes
Feb 1, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 27, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 31, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 29, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 21, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 7, 2025VA01Yes
Oct 29, 2025CA02Yes
Oct 15, 2025VA00Yes
Oct 4, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 23, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 7, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 4, 2025KY00Yes
Jul 25, 2025GA02Yes
Jul 17, 2025AL00Yes
Jun 6, 2025TX00Yes