Thigpen Trucking Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 2
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
- 13
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 9
- Annualized
- ≈5 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 2 OOS
- 392.71 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 392.3 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 57 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2026 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 30, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 15, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 13, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 16, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 15, 2021 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 22, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2020 | TX | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 24, 2020 | OK | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 8, 2020 | TX | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2020 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 23, 2019 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 18, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 4, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 29, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 5, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 18, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 15, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 12, 2016 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2016 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 14, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |