THOMPSON TRANSPORTATION 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
145 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 12
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
- 75
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 150
- Annualized
- ≈75 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.0 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 Driving73 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 13 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
38 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
14 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 51 total · 11 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 18, 2026 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 28, 2026 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2026 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2025 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 8, 2025 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 22, 2025 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 13, 2025 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 14, 2025 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2025 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 12, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 21, 2024 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 18, 2023 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 21, 2023 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 1, 2022 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 6, 2021 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 17, 2021 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2021 | AL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 23, 2020 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2020 | MS | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2020 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2020 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2020 | LA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 20, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 20, 2019 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |