Carrier profile · USDOT 385665 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Thompson Tractor Co Inc

DBA THOMPSON CAT

475 power unitsavg 5.3 yrRegional · 5 statesBIRMINGHAM, AL88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksthompsontractor.comFMCSA 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 3.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 52 vehicle and 122 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 4.1 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

120 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 10

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 475-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
475
Inspections · 24 mo
122
Annualized
≈61 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

5%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
83%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
6%
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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Aug 29, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 120 total · 10 in 24 mo

120
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
42
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20258018
20247037
202310039
20228038
20215124
20203013
20197027
20184004
20174014
20162002
20153013
20146135
20134034
20124024
20116126
20104033
20082012
20073113
20062012
20053013
20044223
20032012
20024104
20011011
20002012
19993013
19982012
19971001
19951011
19942002
19922002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 23, 2026AL00Yes
Dec 18, 2025AL00Yes
Dec 4, 2025AL00Yes
May 7, 2025AL00Yes
Mar 31, 2025GA00Yes
Mar 12, 2025FL00Yes
Feb 14, 2025AL00Yes
Jan 13, 2025AL00Yes
Jan 13, 2025AL01Yes
Dec 17, 2024FL01Yes
Jun 21, 2024AL00Yes
May 20, 2024AL00Yes
Apr 5, 2024MS01Yes
Apr 2, 2024AL00Yes
Mar 12, 2024AL00Yes
Feb 7, 2024GA01Yes
Nov 22, 2023FL00Yes
Nov 22, 2023AL00Yes
Nov 13, 2023AL01Yes
Aug 7, 2023AL00Yes
Jul 27, 2023AL00Yes
Jul 19, 2023FL01Yes
Jun 16, 2023AL01No
May 26, 2023AL00Yes
Apr 21, 2023AL00Yes