Carrier profile · USDOT 2271357 · MC-859827 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Thompson Harvey Bay Area LLC

10 power unitsavg 7.5 yrLocal · 1 statesSANTA MARIA, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-859827 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksthompsonandharvey.netFMCSA 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 7.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 165 vehicle and 123 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.2% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

170 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 21

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈8.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
10
Inspections · 24 mo
171
Annualized
≈86 / yr
Coverage
≈8.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

3%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
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 Driving28 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 13 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 178.345 Other violationOther8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 43 total · 5 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20254014
20242101
20236106
20223003
20213013
20204014
20192002
20182002
20175005
20164004
20155104
20131011
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 5, 2026CA02Yes
Aug 9, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 5, 2025CA00Yes
Jun 22, 2025CA01Yes
Jan 5, 2025CA00Yes
Aug 4, 2024CA10No
Jan 16, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 10, 2023CA00Yes
Jun 16, 2023CA00Yes
May 3, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 29, 2023CA00Yes
Feb 21, 2023CA10Yes
Feb 15, 2023CA00Yes
Nov 7, 2022CA00Yes
Jun 16, 2022CA00Yes
Jan 22, 2022CA00Yes
Nov 14, 2021CA00Yes
Sep 9, 2021CA02Yes
Aug 1, 2021CA00Yes
Nov 26, 2020CA00Yes
Nov 14, 2020CA01Yes
Jun 13, 2020CA00Yes
May 21, 2020CA00Yes
Feb 23, 2019CA00Yes
Jan 19, 2019CA00Yes