THACKER CASKETS INC Safety Record
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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 55
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 120
- Annualized
- ≈60 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
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 Driving19
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 3 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 1 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving3
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1
ELD & hours-of-service
6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 03/12/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 15 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/10/2025 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 08/05/2025 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/13/2025 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 02/07/2025 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 11/16/2023 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 03/31/2022 | PA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| 10/26/2020 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/19/2019 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 05/19/2017 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 05/19/2017 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/01/2011 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 02/16/2011 | TN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 05/20/2009 | VA | 0 | 7 | Yes |
| 10/16/2008 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 06/17/2005 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |