Carrier profile · USDOT 2791806 · MC-931348 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

TMS Transport Solutions Inc

110 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 44 statesAURORA, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-931348 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 28.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 151 vehicle and 332 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.9% · 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 13.7 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

327 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 33

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 110-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
110
Inspections · 24 mo
332
Annualized
≈166 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

93%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
78%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
66%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
73%
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 Driving142 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance50 · 39 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance46 · 10 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance37 · 11 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance28 · 9 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 11 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

63 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
22False logs
5Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 35 total · 15 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264124
202510039
20241001
20231011
2022110511
20217037
20191011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 6, 2026KY02Yes
Apr 2, 2026ID00Yes
Mar 14, 2026MT00Yes
Jan 22, 2026TX32Yes
Dec 29, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 19, 2025MD01Yes
Dec 14, 2025MT00Yes
Dec 8, 2025IL01No
Dec 2, 2025PA00Yes
Sep 4, 2025AL01Yes
Aug 11, 2025GA00Yes
Aug 3, 2025FL00Yes
Jul 3, 2025OH00Yes
Jun 21, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 22, 2024MO00Yes
Sep 8, 2023TX01Yes
Aug 8, 2022GA02Yes
Jul 22, 2022ID00Yes
Jun 12, 2022NY04Yes
May 14, 2022KY01Yes
May 12, 2022VT00Yes
Mar 17, 2022IA00Yes
Mar 4, 2022PA00Yes
Mar 2, 2022PA00Yes
Feb 20, 2022SC01Yes