Carrier profile · USDOT 49092 · MC-673784 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Thurston Foods Inc

58 power unitsavg 3.1 yrRegional · 5 statesWALLINGFORD, CT88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-673784 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksthurstonfoods.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 19.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 42 vehicle and 62 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 7.9 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

62 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 6

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 58-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
58
Inspections · 24 mo
62
Annualized
≈31 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

23%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
14%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
47%
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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 7, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 31 total · 1 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20241011
20234014
20222012
20212002
20202002
20181001
20161001
20142012
20121001
20111011
20091001
20081001
20072002
20061011
19991111
19983013
19973013
19941001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 8, 2026CT00Yes
Mar 15, 2024CT01Yes
Dec 21, 2023CT00Yes
Oct 10, 2023MA01Yes
Sep 20, 2023CT00Yes
Mar 16, 2023CT00Yes
Mar 2, 2022MA00Yes
Feb 8, 2022MA01Yes
Feb 5, 2021MA00Yes
Jan 21, 2021MA00Yes
Feb 4, 2020CT00Yes
Jan 28, 2020MA00Yes
Nov 5, 2018MA00Yes
Jan 28, 2016CT00Yes
Nov 5, 2014MA00Yes
Mar 13, 2014CT01Yes
Mar 6, 2012MA00Yes
Oct 20, 2011MA02Yes
Jun 15, 2009MA00Yes
Dec 30, 2008CT00Yes
Jun 19, 2007CT00Yes
Feb 23, 2007CT00Yes
Mar 1, 2006CT01Yes
Feb 1, 1999CT11Yes
Aug 13, 1998CT01Yes