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

Vehicle OOS 5.4% (24-mo)93 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.2% (24-mo)120 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

6.7% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 3.6 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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 55-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
55
Inspections · 24 mo
120
Annualized
60 / yr
Coverage
1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
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 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.

0ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 15 total · 4 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254034
20231011
20221011
20201001
20191011
20172012
20112022
20091011
20081001
20051011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
12/10/2025NJ01Yes
08/05/2025TN00Yes
03/13/2025AR01Yes
02/07/2025GA01Yes
11/16/2023NJ01Yes
03/31/2022PA03Yes
10/26/2020MS00Yes
10/19/2019MD01Yes
05/19/2017AL01Yes
05/19/2017AL00Yes
07/01/2011IN01Yes
02/16/2011TN02Yes
05/20/2009VA07Yes
10/16/2008PA00Yes
06/17/2005TN01Yes