Carrier profile · USDOT 1969566 · MC-697259 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

TL Transport LLC

105 power unitsavg 3.7 yrNational · 30 statesWARREN, MI88/100
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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 12.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 88 vehicle and 221 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.1% · 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 5.6 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

215 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 16

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 105-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
105
Inspections · 24 mo
221
Annualized
≈111 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

65%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
19%
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 Driving85 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

44 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
10False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 49 total · 7 in 24 mo

49
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263103
20253003
20241001
20233003
20227107
20214124
20205115
20193023
20183013
20173023
20163003
20154014
20143003
20132002
20112002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 18, 2026TX10Yes
Apr 20, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 18, 2026NM00Yes
Aug 2, 2025OH00Yes
Jul 17, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 5, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 10, 2024OH00Yes
May 1, 2023IA00Yes
Apr 26, 2023TN00Yes
Mar 16, 2023VA00Yes
Oct 17, 2022MI00Yes
Sep 13, 2022TX00Yes
May 20, 2022MI00Yes
May 17, 2022NM10Yes
Feb 25, 2022MI00Yes
Feb 23, 2022TX00Yes
Jan 31, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 20, 2021OK00Yes
Aug 20, 2021PA01Yes
Jun 16, 2021TN14Yes
May 17, 2021IN00Yes
Sep 8, 2020AR00Yes
Aug 19, 2020LA23Yes
Mar 12, 2020PA00Yes
Jan 27, 2020TX00Yes