Carrier profile · USDOT 2312635 · MC-891005 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

TIRUS INC

99 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 44 statesELGIN, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-891005 ACTIVE
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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 28.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 117 vehicle and 293 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 10.1 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

282 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 22

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 99-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
99
Inspections · 24 mo
293
Annualized
≈147 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
32%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
72%
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 Driving96 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 22 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance24 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance24 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 6 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
4False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 69% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 34 total · 11 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20256055
20245035
20237047
20222022
20211001
20202012
20191011
20183013
20173003
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 5, 2026FL00Yes
Jan 26, 2026CA01Yes
Jan 24, 2026TX00Yes
Dec 12, 2025OK02Yes
Nov 10, 2025SC01No
Oct 15, 2025OK00Yes
Jul 22, 2025PA02Yes
Apr 6, 2025NC02Yes
Mar 26, 2025IA01Yes
Oct 23, 2024GA01Yes
Oct 22, 2024KS01Yes
Jul 25, 2024AL00Yes
Jul 1, 2024MI01Yes
Apr 1, 2024IL00Yes
Sep 11, 2023FL01Yes
Sep 7, 2023WI01Yes
Jul 21, 2023NM00Yes
Jun 28, 2023IA02Yes
Apr 20, 2023NJ02Yes
Mar 11, 2023WA00Yes
Feb 28, 2023WA00Yes
Nov 28, 2022IN02Yes
May 21, 2022NE02Yes
Jun 25, 2021IL00Yes
Sep 25, 2020IL08Yes