Carrier profile · USDOT 78387 · MC-39443 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

THOMPSON INC

53 power unitsavg 5.5 yrNational · 29 statesQUINCY, IL70/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-39443 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 42.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 40 vehicle and 94 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

85.7% · 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 14.0 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

92 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 8

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 53-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
53
Inspections · 24 mo
94
Annualized
≈47 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
25%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
2%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
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 Driving40 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 69 total · 2 in 24 mo

69
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20243003
20233003
20221001
20202011
20192002
20181011
20171001
20163003
20152002
20143013
20131011
20121011
20115015
20101001
20091001
20083003
20071001
20063032
20051011
20042002
20034024
20021001
20012002
19992012
19982011
19971011
19962022
19953012
19941011
19936032
19922002
19911011
19901101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 13, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 17, 2024IL00Yes
Feb 16, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 7, 2024WY00Yes
Aug 9, 2023KY00Yes
May 23, 2023KS00Yes
May 5, 2023PA00Yes
Dec 20, 2022NC00Yes
Oct 4, 2020TX00Yes
Jun 9, 2020OH01No
Sep 11, 2019PA00Yes
Mar 25, 2019IN00Yes
Nov 9, 2018IL01Yes
Sep 4, 2017CO00Yes
May 8, 2016IL00Yes
Apr 18, 2016TX00Yes
Apr 18, 2016TX00Yes
Jun 5, 2015IL00Yes
Mar 11, 2015NY00Yes
Nov 4, 2014IA00Yes
Sep 9, 2014MO02Yes
Jun 17, 2014IN00Yes
Apr 10, 2013LA02Yes
Oct 12, 2012TX01Yes
Dec 6, 2011IL01Yes